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- From: genet@hplsla.hp.com (Gene Taylor)
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 21:00:58 GMT
- Subject: Re: Compressors & Air Tools
- Message-ID: <5630162@hplsla.hp.com>
- Organization: HP Lake Stevens, WA
- Path: sparky!uunet!usc!sdd.hp.com!hpscdc!cupnews0.cup.hp.com!news1.boi.hp.com!hp-pcd!hplsla!genet
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- References: <1992Jul20.171923.29757@mlb.semi.harris.com>
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- >Why don't you just leave it full? My tank is always at pressure, I have a
- >ball valve on the output side of the tank to shut off the plumbing, but I
- >never turn off the compressor or empty the tank (other than to drain the
- >water from time to time). Who wants to wait for the tank to fill everytime?
- >What a waste of energy...
-
-
- Because water condenses inside, rusts through, and KBLOOIE!!! it blows up!
- This happened to my father-in-law with a 25-gal unit. He heard it let go
- in the shop from inside the house 100 yards away. He's REAL lucky he
- wasn't in the shop when it happened. How lucky are you feeling?
-
- Who wants to wait for the aid car while you bleed to death?
- What a waste of perfectly good body parts...
-