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on the output from tank you will need a water seperator pressure regulator for spraying. most air tools run at about 90 psi, the tank pressure will be a fair bit more some at 120 psi some higher
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Check out the water drain plug too - should be free to turn - but they can also gum/rust up with tank sludge. Drain regularly after using for any amount of time.
Try your old jga gun and see - but it will probably need more pressure than modern guns - if problematic you could look at lvlp guns (better than hvlp where compressor outputs are minimal)
Try your old jga gun and see - but it will probably need more pressure than modern guns - if problematic you could look at lvlp guns (better than hvlp where compressor outputs are minimal)
Many thanks! I’ll look into this.
Right, I see. I was looking at one of these, I think, in order to remove moisture. Is it something like this, that would go after the pressure gauge on the tank? Double or single better?! Ah, I see, one side is for lubricating a wrench etc.? Many thanks!
Hmmm, bit concerned on the lack previous drainage…I’ll give my gun a try, as I’ve found a decent priced air inlet bit and also look into an lvlp, as I had not come across those. Many thanks!
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Look at the gunge that came out of mine. Clearly it had not been drained in years.
Thread 'Ingersoll Rand compressor resurrection' https://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/ingersoll-rand-compressor-resurrection.99662/
Thread 'Ingersoll Rand compressor resurrection' https://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/ingersoll-rand-compressor-resurrection.99662/
There was quite a lot if water & rusty flakes in mine when I got it home& cleared it out (my reciever tank had the larger bungs on so I got one loose & peered about with a torch & could get a hand inside.
These old tanks are so thick and solid that I think one going bang like a burst balloon is highly improbable. More likely a pinhole leak would occur around the underside - but even that would take a huge amount of corrosion on a cylinder built to the way more pressure than the pump & blow-off valve would ever be able to get to.
Once I'd ran mine up to pressure a few times I simply stopped thinking about it (beyond regular opening of the bottom drain to keep water build-up down).
These old tanks are so thick and solid that I think one going bang like a burst balloon is highly improbable. More likely a pinhole leak would occur around the underside - but even that would take a huge amount of corrosion on a cylinder built to the way more pressure than the pump & blow-off valve would ever be able to get to.
Once I'd ran mine up to pressure a few times I simply stopped thinking about it (beyond regular opening of the bottom drain to keep water build-up down).
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....and if nothing comes out of the tank when the drain is open use a piece of welding wire or similar to poke inside - commonly gunge and rust can block things up - sometimes I've even had to run the motor to build a little pressure while poking around....
And get an on the gun pressure guage - that tells you exactly the pressure being delivered....
But still ok to use, I assume. Also reassuring. I shall have good look through that. Hope those weren’t the Boss’s best pans
Thanks…and no need to rub it inOnce I'd cleaned it out I looked inside with a borescope. The lower part looked like the surface of the moon. However, it's still a sound receiver.
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No but in the first image 4 out of the 6 spokes on the driven pulley have been by the looks of it.
That's a good point about the hydrostatic testing - I did the grease gun trick on mine (though I used a Wanner oil gun as my grease gun just leaked the water out again...).
I understand from reading around the subject that, as another posted mentioned, a pinhole is the most likely mode of failure rather than a burst balloon. There's always going to be one place that becomes thinnest first and that means there's unlikely to be a similarly fragile fault line all around the receiver. After bonging mine with a hammer and finding nothing obviously untoward I just use it and drain it and think 'que sera, sera'. It's probably rather more dangerous to use the 240V die grinder; it's certainly my most terrifying tool.
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I missed that completely. I feel contrite
