On 2005-02-27, Ignoramus18224 wrote:

http://igor.chudov.com/projects/CurtisCompressor/

I reorganized the album, now there is a new page with installation
pictures.

Put on the belt guard. If it was rattling, it wasn't installed corrrectly
or it had loosened up after install.

The auto-drain puts out a blast of compressed air for a few seconds. You
want to pipe this away and dump it outside. 150 pound air will blast water
all over the place if you dump it into a sump. Been there, done that.

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"Ed Clarke" wrote in message

The auto-drain puts out a blast of compressed air for a few seconds. You
want to pipe this away and dump it outside. 150 pound air will blast
water
all over the place if you dump it into a sump. Been there, done that.


Better yet, pipe it into a closed but vented container. You don't want that
blast as your wife walks by the line. You can put a drain for the water and
have a diffuser so there is not a big blast. In an commercial setting, that
vent would go to an oil/water separator before it goes to drain.

"Ignoramus18224" wrote in message
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On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 13:32:30 GMT, Edwin Pawlowski wrote:

"Ed Clarke" wrote in message

The auto-drain puts out a blast of compressed air for a few seconds.
You
want to pipe this away and dump it outside. 150 pound air will blast
water
all over the place if you dump it into a sump. Been there, done that.


Better yet, pipe it into a closed but vented container. You don't want
that
blast as your wife walks by the line. You can put a drain for the water
and
have a diffuser so there is not a big blast. In an commercial setting,
that
vent would go to an oil/water separator before it goes to drain.

Edwin, can you give me some detail? Indeed, I do not want those blasts
as my wife, or my 3.5 year old, walk by. The kid, especially, hates
loud noises. I am thinking of directing them into an empty plastc soda
bottle, which I would put inside some box or some such.

i


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Edwin's right here....I got the &%$# scared out of me a few times walking by
those things. What we used to do with industrial installations was to use an
oil separtor and plump the water to a sewer line. If you have a cleanout
nearby (garage??) maybe you can run a line to it. Just drill, tap and put a
fitting on it. Without the separator I don't believe it would be a legal
install in any locale.....Enjoy your new compressor....Ross

Nice install. Glad to see you put a proper cutoff switch for the
compressor. So many home shops ignore such niceities. You can usually
buy a safety switch for $15 or so, why not do it right.

And I agree with the other posters, get a belt guard. The 3-1/2 year old
will be 8 before you know it. I might also suggest that the quad outlet
is REALLY close to the motor pulley. Can you even plug something in
without rubbing?

Ignoramus18224 wrote:

I installed the curtis compressor today. It is where it is supposed to
be, wired the way I intended, etc. The only work to be done is adding
an auto drain and properly attaching a pressure regulator that was
included in the sale.

http://igor.chudov.com/projects/CurtisCompressor/

I reorganized the album, now there is a new page with installation
pictures.

That page explains what I have done, in some detail. There are two new
circuits, one for 110v outlets behind the compressor (for auto drain
etc), and another is a dedicated 220V circuit for the compressor.
Wires for them are enclosed in 3/4" EMT.

The mess in the garage is temporary, it is in fact organized enough to
allow two vehicles to be parked.

i

Ignoramus18224 wrote in
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On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 13:32:30 GMT, Edwin Pawlowski
wrote:

"Ed Clarke" wrote in message

The auto-drain puts out a blast of compressed air for a few seconds.
You want to pipe this away and dump it outside. 150 pound air will
blast water
all over the place if you dump it into a sump. Been there, done
that.


Better yet, pipe it into a closed but vented container. You don't
want that blast as your wife walks by the line. You can put a drain
for the water and have a diffuser so there is not a big blast. In an
commercial setting, that vent would go to an oil/water separator
before it goes to drain.

Edwin, can you give me some detail? Indeed, I do not want those blasts
as my wife, or my 3.5 year old, walk by. The kid, especially, hates
loud noises. I am thinking of directing them into an empty plastc soda
bottle, which I would put inside some box or some such.

i




Length of 3"x 1/4" wall square tubing. Weld end plates on the tubing.
Drill and tap for 4-6 Festo U-1 exhaust mufflers (silencers). Drill and
tap one end plate for a ball valve to be used as a drain. Drill and tap
the other end to connect your pipe. You can mount it inside without it
being excessivly loud, and would be very safe.


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Anthony

You can't 'idiot proof' anything....every time you try, they just make
better idiots.

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Ignoramus18224 wrote:
What about winter, freezing etc, would putting a line outside make it
possible that it would plug up one day?


Think ice bullet.

Ignoramus10062 wrote in
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Length of 3"x 1/4" wall square tubing. Weld end plates on the tubing.
Drill and tap for 4-6 Festo U-1 exhaust mufflers (silencers). Drill
and tap one end plate for a ball valve to be used as a drain. Drill
and tap the other end to connect your pipe. You can mount it inside
without it being excessivly loud, and would be very safe.

Thanks. I do not quite understand everything that you said, but I
saved your post for future reference.

i


http://catalog.festo.com/enu/asp/Def...?ID=2312&L=001

These are exhaust silencers designed for compressed air systems. A U-1
is a 1" NPT size silencer. Basically, what you are making is an
expansion tank (3" square tubing), that is bled off by the silencers.
The automatic drain would be piped to this, where the blast is safely,
and quietly bled off by the silencers. 4 to 6 of these silencers would
more than handle the drain valve exhaust of a 2 sec duration dump.

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You can't 'idiot proof' anything....every time you try, they just make
better idiots.

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I installed a Bristol compressor the other week. Took out a Copeland, and
put in a Bristol. The folks are very pleased to ahve their walk in cooler
working, again. Alas, I didn't take any pictures, and so I can't show it
off.

Looks like you got a neat machine, there.

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"Ignoramus18224" wrote in message
...
I installed the curtis compressor today. It is where it is supposed to
be, wired the way I intended, etc. The only work to be done is adding
an auto drain and properly attaching a pressure regulator that was
included in the sale.

http://igor.chudov.com/projects/CurtisCompressor/

I reorganized the album, now there is a new page with installation
pictures.

That page explains what I have done, in some detail. There are two new
circuits, one for 110v outlets behind the compressor (for auto drain
etc), and another is a dedicated 220V circuit for the compressor.
Wires for them are enclosed in 3/4" EMT.

The mess in the garage is temporary, it is in fact organized enough to
allow two vehicles to be parked.

i