Do you run your Yong Heng exactly in that position? I ask because my Yong Heng is very similar to yours , in fact it looks to be identical to yours , even the filter on the air line is the same. On mine though, if I had that end right up against the wall, it could not pull in cooling air for the electric motor that makes compressor pump and the electric motor would overheat . The electric motor has a fan built on the end you have against the wall On mine, perhaps mine and yours are not the same if yours runs well in that spot you have it in or the pic makes it look closer to the wall than it actually is. There are so many different versions of that Yong Heng I guess anything is possible really. I like your overall set up though, that is a nice set up with the cooling water for sure, I hope you don’t mind I’m going to pretty much copy your cooling fluid set up. Happy shooting!
car washes give 30 gal white or blue color barrels away for free . at least they do here . usually from the rinse spray or window wash .
actually i use the square milk bottles (1/2 gal size , fit easier in freezer and stack after frozen )
huma-air.com I was about to drop 75 bucks on a thing that has the little paddle switch you depress to let air into the gun. I like the looks of that high pressure regulator a lot more than that little paddle switch valve. With that you can shoot the same pressure everytime when tethered. No pressure swing at all. Thank you for posting that link. This also means I can return the fill valve set up I got and just use the valve already on the tank I got. I been trying to get the valve off that tank all morning. I don’t think I’ve damaged it , yet, I was about to though. Thank you!@Chief Ten-Beers
I'm using an external regulator on my tank. Works like a charm.
Externally Adjustable Inline PCP Regulator With Integrated Fillset
External inline pressure regulator, fully adjustable from the outside, for filling your pcp airrifle or airgun.
I use tap water, just like I do in my coffee maker. Mineral deposits will form in the compressor head just like they do in the coffee maker. Occasionally I'll run a mix of 50% water and 50% white distilled vinegar through the compressor for about an hour (cold compressor -- not running the compressor, obviously). Mineral deposits that get flushed out will appear in the bottom of my 5-gallon bucket as small white flakes and powder. I rinse the bucket out in the bathtub and then do a 2nd run of water and vinegar for another hour. I just repeat this until I no longer find mineral deposits in the bottom of the bucket. Then I run clean tap water (no vinegar) for 15 minutes or so just to rinse out any traces of vinegar. Then I rinse out the bucket of rinse water with clean tap water.
Good question. Is the compressor head that the water flows through made of aluminum, or is it stainless steel? I actually forget, that's one reason I'm asking. So if it's made of aluminum and I google search for "does vinegar dissolve aluminum" and I find that it does, then that's bad. If the compressor head is stainless steel, and vinegar won't hurt it, then that's good. I THINK it's made of aluminum. So if I search "will CLR dissolve aluminum" and the answer is no, then CLR is better if it turns out that vinegar will dissolve aluminum.
You might want to check on how much damage the sodium that water softener adds to the water may do to aluminum. Salt will cause aluminum to oxidize. I bought a thing that is electric, i had to wrap an electric copper wire around a 16 inch section of my water supply pipe and connect this box that sends current through the wires I wrapped around the water pipe, this changes the stuff that sticks on a molecular level and it can no longer attach firmly to metal parts , the stuff will slightly stick and then pop off on its own. That is my water heater elements it does that to, I still have to clean the pieces of deposits that pop off out of the bottom of my water heater once a year. It doesn’t work on extreme hard water, it has to fall into a certain range , I think it’s well worth using if your water is in the proper range for device to be effective. No more sodium in your water. The minerals in the hard water won’t hurt you any really, if worried about kidney stones just drink some real lemon aide once a week. The sodium can contribute to high blood pressure and higher levels of sodium in general. If you sweat a lot at work or working out then the sodium is less of a health concern really. Just some fyi on those softeners. The membrane that hold about 1 million resin beads in the pressure tank on mine burst and sent those million little resin beads inside my house and trashed every single fixture I had installed , I had to replace them all and that’s when I found an alternative to those softeners. Something to consider maybe.
I just got the correct valve I needed yesterday and filled a 30 minute scba tank for the first time last night. I filled tank to 4000psi, I stopped after 2000 when the pump climbed above 60, let it cool off as well as carbon fiber tank had gotten rather warm. When I restarted I pointed a fan at open end of yong heng, this kept pump below 60 and tank didn’t heat up near so much. I didn’t use any ice in cooling water, plan to next time. The fan pointed at Yong Heng seemed to help a lot though.
