[Shop-talk] Run air tools on a water hose?

[malaboge at aol.com]

Ok kids...stay tuned, I'm gonna try pullin the drain valves and see what I
find...hope its not Godzilla !!!

time for a shower...
Nick in Nor Cal



-----Original Message-----
From: David Scheidt <dmscheidt at gmail.com>
To: Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate at gmail.com>
Cc: shop-talk <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sun, Aug 14, 2011 11:56 am
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Run air tools on a water hose?


On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 8:39 AM, Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate at gmail.com> wrote:

 As for a sudden increase in water in the lines...Are you sure you are
 draining the tank completely? B I can see a scenario where water could
 build up in the tank, until one day it rises to the level of the
 outlet, and all of the sudden water is getting blown out with the air.

This.  turn the compressor off, open the tank stopcock and let all the
ir and water drain out.  When you think it's done, don your eye
rotection, and probe the stop cock's opening.  (Better, remove it,
ut that's asking for not being able to reinstall it...)  You may well
ind there's some thing (rust flakes, scale, godzilla) blocking the
ree flow of water out the system.  Do the same at all your drains.
I've also seen a tank where the bottom stop cock was connected to an
nti-dip tube, so that you couldn't drain the tank.  (It was an
ndustrial application, it's entirely possible the tank was mounted
pside down from the original application, where a dip tube would work
o blow water out of the tank.

-
avid Scheidt
mscheidt at gmail.com
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