When I first bought my compressor, I opened the petcock after every use. I did this for a couple of years. Then I decided not to bother and now after 23 years, my tank developed a pin hole size leak. Not sure that if I continued to blow off the tank what would have happened but, 23 years I won't complain too much.
----- Original Message ----- From: William Stephan To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 12:36 Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Compressor question: to blow or no. All: The operating instructions that came with my cheap compressor advise that you bleed off the tank if you're not going to be using air for over an hour. I understand this is to prevent the tank from rusting due to the condensation in compressed air. I know of some guys to do this religiously, and others who don't really worry about it, and I've never heard of rust being a problem, though that's not to say that it isn't or couldn't be. So, what do you folks think about this? Do you all blow out your tank regularly? This just seems like a real waist of energy to me, and I'd a lot rather keep air up so I can use it when I need to rather than have to fill the tank every time. Are some tanks made of metal that doesn't rust, and mine is not? Any thoughts will be appreciated. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
