i also have the same one still in a box i'd mail to someone for the price of
postage.
"william_b_noble" wrote in message
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don't use that drain valve - I have one from harbor frieght - installed it
on my Quincy compressor, and used it once - it destroyed itself, now I'm
back to a manual drain. My compressor shuts off at 160 PSI - the drain
valve is a pain to install - I had to solder the copper unloader tubing to
the T fitting provided, and get a leak free connection - about the second
time the valve actuated it started to leak, and by the third or fourth
time it had blown the O-ring seal half way through the drain port and was
sucking up about half the compressor capacity full time. This is a really
suboptimal design - there must be something reasonable that works, but
this isn't it. If you want the stupid thing, I'll send it to you rather
than return it to HF for a refund, but trust me, you don't want it.
Now, for the group - is there any auto drain that actually works?
Oh, and RE spacing - you need to be able to get to the compressor to open
the drain and as someone else pointed out, there must be adequate air
flow.
Oil - my quincy uses 30 wt, my sears uses ATF
"Alden Hackmann" wrote in message
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Hey, folks:
We got a new compressor, a 5HP IR upright - way bigger than the one I
inherited from my father-in-law. It will be installed late this month in
a small addition next to our shop. I have some questions:
1) I'd like to have it drain automatically. This description of
installing an automatic drain seems fairly straightforward:
http://www.paragoncode.com/shop/compressor/
Is there a better product? Comments on this product or the procedure he
describes?
2) IR sent it without oil, logically enough, but our nearest IR dealer is
50 miles and a large body of water away. IR's website is not really
helpful for picking which oil to use, and the manual (yes, I read it) is
quite vague. Suggestions? I order from MSC regularly, if they are a
good
source.
3) The manual suggests a clear 1' space on each side of the unit. Can I
get away with less? It's a tight space to start with, but I can clear
some more stuff if I have to.
Thank you!
Alden