Howdy,
On Tue, 31 May 2011, Randall wrote:
>> If it were me, I'd put a valve on the compressor outlet that gets shut off
>> when I'm not out there and call it a day.
>
> So what type of remotely operated valve would be appropriate?
>
> I don't know much about solenoid valves, but it appears that the
> inexpensive "piloted" valves always have a pressure drop across the
> valve, which may not be ideal. And "non-pilot" valves seem rather
> expensive.
I have a regular old 3/4" (?? I think?) ball valve on my compressors
output.
If the compressor is somewhere you can't easily get to it, that obviously
isn't going to work.
Mark
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