Vaughn Kaloust
07-16-2013, 5:31 PM
OK, not exactly in the woodworking arena, but I am hoping that some of you here might be able to advise me.
I have an old compressor that I have cleaned up, and want to put back in service. The compressor was being used actively up until about 1 year ago, and seems to run fine. I have cleaned it up, drained it and refilled with oil. I know about the tank dangers, but this will be installed in a crawl space beneath my house, along with other equipment like a dust collector and solar hot water tank. Anyway, if it explodes it won’t hurt anything.
This compressor has no automatic cut off switch, so it just runs/stops by switch. This won’t do for my purposes. I have a cut off switch for it, but I want to make sure I plumb it into the right spot. (see picture)
Where I have indicated I think I should install the switch, is on the outlet of the compressor, after a trap of some sort, and before the air enters the tank. Is this correct?
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I also want to know if it is likely that this cut off switch normally has the check valve and un-loader valve included as part of the unit, or are they usually separate components.
266591266592
Thanks all.
I have an old compressor that I have cleaned up, and want to put back in service. The compressor was being used actively up until about 1 year ago, and seems to run fine. I have cleaned it up, drained it and refilled with oil. I know about the tank dangers, but this will be installed in a crawl space beneath my house, along with other equipment like a dust collector and solar hot water tank. Anyway, if it explodes it won’t hurt anything.
This compressor has no automatic cut off switch, so it just runs/stops by switch. This won’t do for my purposes. I have a cut off switch for it, but I want to make sure I plumb it into the right spot. (see picture)
Where I have indicated I think I should install the switch, is on the outlet of the compressor, after a trap of some sort, and before the air enters the tank. Is this correct?
266589266590
I also want to know if it is likely that this cut off switch normally has the check valve and un-loader valve included as part of the unit, or are they usually separate components.
266591266592
Thanks all.