I realized I use the outlet just inside the garage door for the air
compressor more than anything else. If I had a external air connection, I
wouldn't want an external outlet there as badly. Has anyone done this?
I've noticed gas stations usually use a metal box to protect their
connectors. Would this be necessary, or are there quick connectors that can
handle being outside in -10 to 105F temperatures and direct sunlight?
Puckdropper
--
Never teach your apprentice everything you know.
On 22 June, 18:41, Puckdropper <puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:
> Adding the water/particle traps is a good idea. =A0That would simply need
> to be a capped pipe with a T located several inches above it for
> service, right? =A0Remove the cap and everything falls away.
No, a proper trap. I can buy these in my local grocery store (yes,
Lidl) as a pack with water, oil, regulator for under =A320 At that
price it's just crazy not to.
Also capped Ts are condensate traps for pipe runs, but they're no use
for pulling water out of damp air while a tool is running.
> I was wondering about the air pressure. =A0Inevitably, the air would get
> used for tires and pool toys. =A090 psi just seems to be too much pressur=
e
> to use while filling pool toys. =A0Guess I should put a regulator out
> there as well.
My tyre inflator has a crude fixed regulator (or at least a
restrictor) in it anyway. It's happy to be fed 90psi, same as most
things.
Puckdropper wrote:
> I realized I use the outlet just inside the garage door for the air
> compressor more than anything else. If I had a external air connection, I
> wouldn't want an external outlet there as badly. Has anyone done this?
> I've noticed gas stations usually use a metal box to protect their
> connectors. Would this be necessary, or are there quick connectors that can
> handle being outside in -10 to 105F temperatures and direct sunlight?
>
> Puckdropper
An old tennis ball with an "X" cut into it, slipped over the connector,
works for me.
--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
[email protected]
Andy Dingley <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> On 22 June, 03:42, Puckdropper <puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> If I had a external air connection, I
>> wouldn't want an external outlet there as badly. Has anyone done
>> this?
>
>
> Two: clean air and oiled air. There's a water trap, regulator and
> lubricator just on the inside of the wall. I don't fancy leaving those
> outdoors. Distribution air is about 120psi, dropped to 90psi at the
> taps. As tyres are a major need outdoors, I wanted clean air. If I was
> fitting a regulator, then I might as well add a lubricator. If you
> route the distribution high up and then drop it down to your service
> taps, you can take condensate out on the same water trap, without
> having to add extra traps just as line traps.
>
> I don't do anything about weather, but then I don't have US winters.
> Bag (old bubblewrap Jiffy bag) over them in the winter, same as the
> water taps, and a bit of oil seasonally.
>
> A friend keeps two different sets of quick-connects on all of his
> tools - one sort for oiled, one for clean. Not a bad idea.
Adding the water/particle traps is a good idea. That would simply need
to be a capped pipe with a T located several inches above it for
service, right? Remove the cap and everything falls away.
I was wondering about the air pressure. Inevitably, the air would get
used for tires and pool toys. 90 psi just seems to be too much pressure
to use while filling pool toys. Guess I should put a regulator out
there as well.
I'll have to look around the stores and see if they have anything like a
box with a lift hood. Simple enough, lift the hood and the air
connection is there as well as the regulator and gauge.
Puckdropper
--
Never teach your apprentice everything you know.
Puckdropper wrote:
> Andy Dingley <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
>
>>On 22 June, 03:42, Puckdropper <puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>If I had a external air connection, I
>>>wouldn't want an external outlet there as badly. Has anyone done
>>>this?
>>
>>
>>
>>Two: clean air and oiled air. There's a water trap, regulator and
>>lubricator just on the inside of the wall. I don't fancy leaving those
>>outdoors. Distribution air is about 120psi, dropped to 90psi at the
>>taps. As tyres are a major need outdoors, I wanted clean air. If I was
>>fitting a regulator, then I might as well add a lubricator. If you
>>route the distribution high up and then drop it down to your service
>>taps, you can take condensate out on the same water trap, without
>>having to add extra traps just as line traps.
>>
>>I don't do anything about weather, but then I don't have US winters.
>>Bag (old bubblewrap Jiffy bag) over them in the winter, same as the
>>water taps, and a bit of oil seasonally.
>>
>>A friend keeps two different sets of quick-connects on all of his
>>tools - one sort for oiled, one for clean. Not a bad idea.
>
>
> Adding the water/particle traps is a good idea. That would simply need
> to be a capped pipe with a T located several inches above it for
> service, right? Remove the cap and everything falls away.
>
> I was wondering about the air pressure. Inevitably, the air would get
> used for tires and pool toys. 90 psi just seems to be too much pressure
> to use while filling pool toys. Guess I should put a regulator out
> there as well.
>
> I'll have to look around the stores and see if they have anything like a
> box with a lift hood. Simple enough, lift the hood and the air
> connection is there as well as the regulator and gauge.
>
> Puckdropper
Years ago I picked up a combination regulator/moisture trap at Sears
similar to:
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00916023000P?prdNo=7
I put a male quick disconnect on one side of the regulator and a female
quick disconnect on the other side. I connect the regulator between the
air source and the hose when needed. The regulator gets stored inside
with the air hose.
--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
[email protected]
"Puckdropper" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
I realized I use the outlet just inside the garage door for the air
compressor more than anything else. If I had a external air connection, I
wouldn't want an external outlet there as badly. Has anyone done this?
I've noticed gas stations usually use a metal box to protect their
connectors. Would this be necessary, or are there quick connectors that can
handle being outside in -10 to 105F temperatures and direct sunlight?
Puckdropper
--
Never teach your apprentice everything you know.
I have an outside connection that has been there for at least twenty years.
It has been subjected to higher temps than 105 and recently to temps just
slightly below zero. No problems.
Max
A couple of my fellow contractors that have larger shops have air
connects outside. They shoot them with light oil every once in a
while, and that's it. Since we rarely get ice/snow down here, they
don't do anything else. When a coupler gets messed up or leaks, they
just take off the old one and spin on a new one.
Pretty damn convenient.
Robert
On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 21:25:59 -0400, Gerald Ross <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Max wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Puckdropper" wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>
>> I realized I use the outlet just inside the garage door for the air
>> compressor more than anything else. If I had a external air connection, I
>> wouldn't want an external outlet there as badly. Has anyone done this?
>> I've noticed gas stations usually use a metal box to protect their
>> connectors. Would this be necessary, or are there quick connectors that can
>> handle being outside in -10 to 105F temperatures and direct sunlight?
>>
>> Puckdropper
>
>I have 2 for past 10 years. Found a plastic cap that came on a
>Forstner bit that fits well and keeps out the little mud daubers that
>build in small holes.
An old tennis ball with an "X" cut into it and slipped over the
connector works well also.
--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
On 22 June, 03:42, Puckdropper <puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:
> If I had a external air connection, I
> wouldn't want an external outlet there as badly. =A0Has anyone done this?=
=A0
Two: clean air and oiled air. There's a water trap, regulator and
lubricator just on the inside of the wall. I don't fancy leaving those
outdoors. Distribution air is about 120psi, dropped to 90psi at the
taps. As tyres are a major need outdoors, I wanted clean air. If I was
fitting a regulator, then I might as well add a lubricator. If you
route the distribution high up and then drop it down to your service
taps, you can take condensate out on the same water trap, without
having to add extra traps just as line traps.
I don't do anything about weather, but then I don't have US winters.
Bag (old bubblewrap Jiffy bag) over them in the winter, same as the
water taps, and a bit of oil seasonally.
A friend keeps two different sets of quick-connects on all of his
tools - one sort for oiled, one for clean. Not a bad idea.
"Max" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
>
> "Puckdropper" wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
> I realized I use the outlet just inside the garage door for the air
> compressor more than anything else. If I had a external air connection, I
> wouldn't want an external outlet there as badly. Has anyone done this?
> I've noticed gas stations usually use a metal box to protect their
> connectors. Would this be necessary, or are there quick connectors that
> can
> handle being outside in -10 to 105F temperatures and direct sunlight?
>
> Puckdropper
> --
> Never teach your apprentice everything you know.
>
> I have an outside connection that has been there for at least twenty
> years. It has been subjected to higher temps than 105 and recently to
> temps just slightly below zero. No problems.
>
> Max
I have one at rear of house. Direct sun (south side) I put a cap over to
keep out bugs. Also a shut off on inside and a pressure regulator. Has been
there over 10 years. ww
>
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
>
> "Puckdropper" wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
> I realized I use the outlet just inside the garage door for the air
> compressor more than anything else. If I had a external air connection, I
> wouldn't want an external outlet there as badly. Has anyone done this?
> I've noticed gas stations usually use a metal box to protect their
> connectors. Would this be necessary, or are there quick connectors that can
> handle being outside in -10 to 105F temperatures and direct sunlight?
Any brass connector should be fine. Pay for a good one, the ones from
Harbor Fright tend to leak and bleed off the pressure.
However if you don't use it often you may still want the box--it keeps
the bugs out--both wasps and spiders like to build nests in airline
fittings.
"Puckdropper" <puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I realized I use the outlet just inside the garage door for the air
> compressor more than anything else. If I had a external air connection, I
> wouldn't want an external outlet there as badly. Has anyone done this?
> I've noticed gas stations usually use a metal box to protect their
> connectors. Would this be necessary, or are there quick connectors that
> can
> handle being outside in -10 to 105F temperatures and direct sunlight?
>
> Puckdropper
> --
> Never teach your apprentice everything you know.
I have done that. On inside wall put shut off valve and then a regulator.
Quick disconnect on outside. Plastic cap on disconnect. Been OK for ten
years. WW
Nova wrote:
> Puckdropper wrote:
>> I realized I use the outlet just inside the garage door for the air
>> compressor more than anything else. If I had a external air connection, I
>> wouldn't want an external outlet there as badly. Has anyone done this?
>> I've noticed gas stations usually use a metal box to protect their
>> connectors. Would this be necessary, or are there quick connectors that can
>> handle being outside in -10 to 105F temperatures and direct sunlight?
>>
>> Puckdropper
>
> An old tennis ball with an "X" cut into it, slipped over the connector,
> works for me.
>
Mine are under a shed, but I use a plastic cap on them to prevent
those little wasps from building a nest and plugging the hole up.
--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA
Let X = 42
Max wrote:
>
>
> "Puckdropper" wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
> I realized I use the outlet just inside the garage door for the air
> compressor more than anything else. If I had a external air connection, I
> wouldn't want an external outlet there as badly. Has anyone done this?
> I've noticed gas stations usually use a metal box to protect their
> connectors. Would this be necessary, or are there quick connectors that can
> handle being outside in -10 to 105F temperatures and direct sunlight?
>
> Puckdropper
I have 2 for past 10 years. Found a plastic cap that came on a
Forstner bit that fits well and keeps out the little mud daubers that
build in small holes.
--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA
Never mind the facts - I know what I know.
Puckdropper wrote:
...
> Adding the water/particle traps is a good idea. That would simply need
> to be a capped pipe with a T located several inches above it for
> service, right? Remove the cap and everything falls away.
...
That works but requires the trouble of a wrench which means it doesn't
get emptied until it's full... :( ( :) ) Whether that's a problem
depends largely on how much air is used and what kinds of humidity
problems one has in the intake air--here where it's fairly dry it's not
such a big deal; in TN during warm weather it was an amazing amount of
water even w/ a small compressor.
In lines used much I generally go ahead and add the ball valve--adds
some cost but generally there aren't many locations needed.
--
"Puckdropper" <puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I realized I use the outlet just inside the garage door for the air
> compressor more than anything else. If I had a external air connection, I
> wouldn't want an external outlet there as badly. Has anyone done this?
> I've noticed gas stations usually use a metal box to protect their
> connectors. Would this be necessary, or are there quick connectors that
> can
> handle being outside in -10 to 105F temperatures and direct sunlight?
>
> Puckdropper
> --
> Never teach your apprentice everything you know.
They handle the temperatures easily, but not so much the freezing rain and
ice. I'd put a cover over it, or at least a plastic bag in winter. .