If you really worry about it, don't...
Compressed air doesn't have _that_ much force. It's not
explosive. It's just, well, air. It's not like it's a steam boiler
sputnik wannabee. :-O
More flash-bang than bomb. I've seen a couple go off and the
compressor doesn't even move...
At 05/22/11 at 09:24, Shakespearean monkeys danced on Wayne's
keyboard and said:
>On 5/22/2011 10:26 AM, Jeff Scarbrough wrote:
>>I always wondered how long my 40-year-old Craftsman air compressor
>>tank would last, and how destructively catastrophic would the failure
>>be? Turns out to be 40 years, and not very.
>
>So... just how did it fail? I worry about mine, and it sounds
>similar. 1971 (5 years younger than me) vintage 2hp 40-ish gallon
>that dad bought back in the day. I drain the water occasionally but
>leave it pressurized full time. It lives in the basement / garage
>and I worry it may explode up through the floor some day.
>
>-Wayne
Cheers!
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