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- From: hinz@bonfire (David Hinz Mfg 4-6987)
- Subject: Re: Compressors & Air Tools
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.094933.20886@mr.med.ge.com>
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- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 09:49:33 GMT
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- genet@hplsla.hp.com (Gene Taylor) writes:
- :
- : 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?
- :
- Question: I use my compressor mostly on weekends. At the end of each day of
- use, I bleed off the water from the bottom of the tank & the traps in my
- piped-in lines. If the compressor doesn't kick on again (I turn off the
- breaker to it), there won't be any more condensation, right? Or, am I
- mistaken? I'd hate to think that I'm causing problems with my compressor.
- It just seems to me that if it introduces no new air, no more moisture can
- come out of 'solution' in the air?????
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- Dave Hinz - Opinions expressed are mine, not my employer's. Obviously.
- SAAB - you get what you pay for; you pay for what you get.
- hinz@picard.med.ge.com
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