I have a fairly large Campbel-Hausfeld compressor in my home shop with a
small manifold and a ceiling mounted reel from HF. The reel is fed with a
50' very "non-flexible" blue plastic air hose that I foolishly bought from
Home Depot, however it works great for a permanent installation! I never
turn my compressor off. It almost never comes on unless I am using air! No
leaks!
Incidentally, I have had the Campbel-Hausfeld compressor for about 12 or 15
years and it has never hiccupped, it was a close-out at Montgomery-Wards and
I only paid about $250 for it, steel cylinders, wet crankcase, quiet, it has
been a good unit!
Many years ago when I had service stations I standardized on the Milton "T"
style fittings. They work perfectly and some of mine are 30 plus years old!
They never leak and they still are available at Ace, Napa, etc. They cost a
bit more but they are really well made.
I do have several blow guns, some cheap and some good, can't tell the
difference in performance, but the cheap ones seem to leak more through the
control valve than the expensive ones!
NFI and YMMV!
Jim Bauder
Scottsdale, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: shop-talk-owner@autox.team.net
[mailto:shop-talk-owner@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Trevor Boicey
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 11:41 AM
To: Marc Siegel
Cc: 'Shop Talk'
Subject: Re: Air Chucks and Blow Guns
Marc Siegel wrote:
> Do you guys leave the hoses pressurized all the time? I could deal with
some
> pressure loss, as the stuff I do is not critical, but I would be worried
> about the hose... I usually turn the regulator coming off the tank down
all
> the way so the hoses aren't pressurized but the tank still is. Also my
reel
> leaks a little bit and would eventually bleed off the whole tank...
I try not to lose sleep over it, but...
I generally just switch the compressor off when I am done, but leave
it pressurized. So as long as I do work again in a day or two it's still
fully charged up. And generally there is enough pressure in the tank to
do a quick tire or something.
Once every now and then I'll open the drain to get the water out, but
just a spit usually comes out so I don't worry too much.
I don't want it cycling on and off when I'm not using it, but it's
nice to be able to get to work fast because it's charged up already.
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Trevor Boicey, P. Eng.
Ottawa, Canada, tboicey@brit.ca
ICQ #17432933 http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
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