Swingman wrote:

| I moved the drain plug to the end of a 3' length of air hose on my
| small vertical, where it is much more accessible.
|
| The air hose holds quite a bit of water that would otherwise be in
| the tank, and, unlike the tank, is rustproof ... and gravity does
| the work.
|
| It is a simple matter to open the cock slightly every other day or
| so and let the water in the hose squirt out, and draining the tank
| this way doesn't even cause the compressor to cycle on.

Great idea - consider it stolen :-)

Thanks!

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Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/