Chris Jenkins
04-03-2007, 5:11 PM
This weekend I was checking the air compressor (I have been slowly assembling rigid line) and I noticed that from Tuesday to Saturday I went from 135 to just under 90 and I thought that was a big drop in 4 days. I turned the compressor on so it could gain full pressure. It was then that I noticed the flex line I had contructed between the tank and the rigid line was leaking.
As of now I am air comes out the compressor to a ball valve followed by a 3/8" hose barb. I bought 5/8" OD / 3/8" ID High Pressure hose (for sprayers) that I found on clearance. I'm using about 3 ft (max) of this running to another hose barb which is connected to the inlet on the regulator. The hose is fastened to the hose barbs with standard hose clamps.
I guess my problem is that the high pressure of the air is leaking through the hose clamp. Is their any better way to fasten these lines down to the barb?
As of now I am air comes out the compressor to a ball valve followed by a 3/8" hose barb. I bought 5/8" OD / 3/8" ID High Pressure hose (for sprayers) that I found on clearance. I'm using about 3 ft (max) of this running to another hose barb which is connected to the inlet on the regulator. The hose is fastened to the hose barbs with standard hose clamps.
I guess my problem is that the high pressure of the air is leaking through the hose clamp. Is their any better way to fasten these lines down to the barb?