Eric Scantlebury wrote:
"RBM" wrote in message
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I'm suspecting the tank too. Sounds waterlogged

Right, I sort of agree just trying to figure out how to test for that with a
tank that has a bladder. Ideas?

Drain the tank entirely. If it's waterlogged, you'll be able to tell it
from the weight left in the tank from the water and the air pressure
will still be higher than it should be which normally would be 2-lb
below the cut in pressure.

If the leak isn't too bad, reset to the proper pressure and it will give
you a fair period of time before it gets excessively waterlogged again,
but a new tank is in your future sooner than later.

If you can do w/o water for a period, you can try to pressurized the air
side by a few pounds over the setpoint and see if that will force a
small amount of the water back across the barrier. This works better
for diaphragms than bladders, but sometimes can help. Needs a long time
for it to manage to make any real difference, however, unless the hole
is quite sizable, in which case the time of satisfactory operation will
be measured in days at best rather than weeks before the exercise must
be repeated.

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