The following is from my post on Crackpage after fixing, and minor testing.
A post on AGN prompted me to check on how long it took to fill the hose to the tank valve from my Daystate LC110.
I had an interesting discovery that I had not noticed before as I dont typically stand by the compressor, or tanks other than for the usual 10-15 minute purge.
What I saw was little water/oil bubbles from the drain. I figured that I hadn't shut the bleed valve completely, but that wasnt the case. I then covered the drain with my finger and I thought I detected pressure build up, but my neuropathy prevents me from feeling much of anything, so I wasnt sure. I spit on my finger and detected bubbles. I then confirmed what I already knew at that point by trying to put a shotglass full of water under the drain.
I depressurized the whole system, nervously unscrewed the hand tight valve knob, (nervously because I've had a string of breaking stuff the last month), wiped down the thing and put it back in.
This fixed the problem, for now anyway.
I now have 13.4 hrs on the compressor. I had planned on running a drain tube down to a bucket to keep my bench clean when I bleed the system, but I hadn't done it yet due to the goop my gauge is still puking out a bit. Had I run the hose I would never have noticed the leak.
I filled up a 60 min airtank from 280bar to 310 and it seemed a wee bit faster, but that's subjective. I have several other tanks that need filling, but my oil is dirty and I'm not running the thing until I change the oil again.
That's unexpected too. I changed it at 5 hrs, and when I checked it at 10 hrs it was still clear. I suspect it's still breaking in though, and I think I'll change it every 5 or so hours the rest of the summer.
A post on AGN prompted me to check on how long it took to fill the hose to the tank valve from my Daystate LC110.
I had an interesting discovery that I had not noticed before as I dont typically stand by the compressor, or tanks other than for the usual 10-15 minute purge.
What I saw was little water/oil bubbles from the drain. I figured that I hadn't shut the bleed valve completely, but that wasnt the case. I then covered the drain with my finger and I thought I detected pressure build up, but my neuropathy prevents me from feeling much of anything, so I wasnt sure. I spit on my finger and detected bubbles. I then confirmed what I already knew at that point by trying to put a shotglass full of water under the drain.
I depressurized the whole system, nervously unscrewed the hand tight valve knob, (nervously because I've had a string of breaking stuff the last month), wiped down the thing and put it back in.
This fixed the problem, for now anyway.
I now have 13.4 hrs on the compressor. I had planned on running a drain tube down to a bucket to keep my bench clean when I bleed the system, but I hadn't done it yet due to the goop my gauge is still puking out a bit. Had I run the hose I would never have noticed the leak.
I filled up a 60 min airtank from 280bar to 310 and it seemed a wee bit faster, but that's subjective. I have several other tanks that need filling, but my oil is dirty and I'm not running the thing until I change the oil again.
That's unexpected too. I changed it at 5 hrs, and when I checked it at 10 hrs it was still clear. I suspect it's still breaking in though, and I think I'll change it every 5 or so hours the rest of the summer.
