SonomaProducts.com wrote:
On Monday, September 23, 2013 9:42:56 AM UTC-7, Michael wrote:
Does anyone have a decent setup for a water drain valve for a Sears
16471 compressor? Preferably some kind of foot pedal?



Thanks,



Mike

I bought an automatic drain valve setup that is supposed to bleed off
water when pressure drops or something. Bought it at Harbor Freight
and it failed in about a week. As an emergency measure (so I could
keep working) I had the parts to just add a short hose with a air gun
nozzle. I just left it like that for years and manually sprayed out
any water once a week or so.

Echo that experience. I tried the HF automatic drain valves twice and they
failed in short order both times. My compressor gets used a lot more than
most in this group, and these valves just do not hold up to moderate to
heavy use. The plastic line that comes with the valve melts away from the
heat of high use, and has to be replaced almost immediately, and then after
that the valve itself fails within weeks.

I went to a simple ball valve plumbed into the bottom of my tank so I can
easily reach it to drain it periodically.

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-Mike-