Gorman, George wrote:
>
> Does anyone have a nifty (i.e., easy) way to modify an air compressor tank to
> make the water drain valve more accessible? My 60 gal vertical air tank has
> the drain at the bottom (of course), but even though I have the tank sitting
>on
> 6X6's to give me some room, it's still a pain to crawl under and drain the
> water from the tank. Only solution I can come up with is to remove the
>current
> drain, replace it with an elbow and piece of pipe going off to the side of the
> tank, and reinstalling the drain on the end of the new line. Any better ideas
> out there?
>
> George Gorman
>
> ggorman@dsava.com
>
> People: can't live with 'em, can't trade 'em for parts
That's what I did George. Except I used copper tubing and bought a new
valve. I works well.
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