Steve Turner wrote:
J. Clarke wrote:
dpb wrote:
Mike wrote:
...
Ever seen the results of a pressure vessel failure? I saw one
about thirty years ago that sent shrapnel over 50 yards.
...
Catastrophic overpressure failure is a completely different thing
than the possibility of a rust pinhole developing after 50 years or
so...

I'm simply commenting that daily water buildup in a low-use,
low-volume homeowner/home-shop environment is somewhat excessive...

And, yes, I've seen results of high-pressure water/steam having been
30+ years associated w/ power generation facilities there have been
a couple. But they're much higher pressure and much higher
temperature events (1000-2000 psi, 600-1000F typical).

Yet another example of people living in unreasoned terror of their
tools.

Anybody that worried about it should wrap it in a Kevlar blanket or
stack some dead truck tires around it or something.

Most air compressors of this caliber are never pressurized much above
100psi anyway. I can't imagine a tank "blowout" at this pressure
causing much harm at all, other than a loud noise and perhaps some
soiled underwear.

Bingo. But if one is determined to be afraid of one's compressor then
rather than agonizing over how it is going to explode and kill them one day
they should take steps that allow it to explode with impunity and then stop
worrying about it. Of course if they aren't happy unless they're worrying
about something I guess a compressor is as good a target for recreational
worrying as anything.