Recent content by Thague90

I like the idea, but the sizes of panduit I have at work won’t fit in this box the way it’s laid out. One piece tight in the middle maybe, but no way it’ll fit on the bottom or the sides. I haven’t looked Into what thinner sizes cost. I’d like to swap out the timers for a single pulse relay to...

That’s the plan eventually. But even now I keep coming up with “better” ways to wire it. So... I’m waiting untill it doesn’t change for about a month, then I can safely clean it up. Sent from my iPhone using The Garage Journal mobile app

Even in the most humid weather, with the chiller/dryer setup that I have, I barely get any condensation in my tank. At one point I had thermocouples in the output of the pump, the exit side of the chiller, and one inside the tank. The air coming from the pump was HOT depending on the day I...

Got it running!!! Controls work perfect! Push button start. Pump on below 100psi, and off at 135psi. Auto drain opens for 0.5sec every 3 hours from 135psi down to 110psi and the system shuts off if the overhead light circuit is off. My cable management is pretty poor currently, but I’m planning...

Got it running!!! Controls work perfect! Push button start. Pump on below 100psi, and off at 135psi. Auto drain opens for 0.5sec every 3 hours from 135psi down to 110psi and the system shuts off if the overhead light circuit is off. My cable management is pretty poor currently, but I’m planning...

I’ve been using the paper clip icon in the garage journal app and it’s worked as advertised. Sent from my iPhone using The Garage Journal mobile app

The start button is meant to prevent the compressor from turning on from the get-go. I get into the shop often enough without needing air so I wanted to have the system off untill I needed it. Also... I found a really cool button that I was dying to use somewhere. As for the use of the...

I’ve got the feedback issues resolved. Mainly by using the light switch “signal” only to power a 110v contactor coil. All I have that will run on 110 currently is that 2hp contactor, but I could make do with (and plan to use eventually) a dpst solid state relay as the current requirements are...

I just noticed that if my drain circuit is on then line from the wall makes its way to line on my light switch and power will remain supplied to my lights... through far too small of a wire. I’m glad I didn’t set this up yet. Back to the drawing board figuratively... because literally... I’m...

Yes I have. I helped a family member do it on their compressor when I was younger. He checked it several years later and the paint was still holding up, thus, not a speck of rust. I have heard many arguments for and against painting, but what I have come up with is overdoing the prep, primer...

Is there a better way to have my system latch than the first contactor? I have had this nagging feeling about it since I started, but could not figure out how to make it work the way I wanted it to without the 110v operated contactor acting as a relay? I’m kind of teaching myself about this...

I have an air cooler coil I took out of a broken air dryer that was on its way to disposal. It has its own containment and a cage for the belt operated fan. I replaced the belt pulley with a small motor from a damaged personnel fan. Only needs 100 watts to run so it does not add much to the...

Working on some industrial equipment peaked my interest in automating the controls on a compressor. On and off just isn’t good enough for me anymore. So while laid up on the couch with a hamstring tear, I came up with this. I don’t know much about how to draw this stuff, basically just what...

I picked up an air receiver which was being used at a carpet factory in north GA. Tank is Rated at 200 PSI, came with inspection papers, hi-volume safety valve, and was clean on the inside. I’ve been looking for a standing tank for my old revision 3 Quincy 210 to sit on. I had it rigged up...

Decided to start a new thread for my compressor to avoid thread jacking this one. Quincy 210 ROC-3 rebuild(s) https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=405817