New compressor regulator question

[neblinc]

Not sure at this time if I will plumb airlines yet. Looking for a regulator to just come off of the compressor. Can I just stub off with a 3/4" pipe and hook up the regulator to that?

Looking at the one on the link below, can't seem to find any 3/4" regulators local at all.

I will end up just plugging my airline hose into that and use that way until I decide where I want the lines.

Regulator

Randy

 

[bmwpower]

That should work. I was going to do the same thing, but I have a separate filter and reg, so things got a bit heavy, but mine were still 3/4". I decided to go on the wall for piece of mind and future expansion.

Just be careful when you're whipping around that hose or...thunk!....psssst.

Check all the online catalogs for more 3/4" units....Grainger, MSC, etc. I ended buying my 3/4" stuff from a Quincy dealer when I order other maintenace stuff from them. It was about the same price in the end.

 

[Franz©]

Just a couple things.
First, mounting anything directly to a compressor receiver is a FOOL'S ERRAND. The receiver wasn't built, especially recent production, to be a mount for anything. If you doubt that just look at the number of 5 year old units with stress cracks.
Secondly, NOTHING should be connected to a receiver other than a VALVE. When the **** hits the fan, and it will, you really ain't going to stop compressed air with your finger like some Dutch kid.
THIRD, any compressor, especially verticals should be bolted to the floor AND strapped to the wall. It's damn cheap insurance, and they DO fall over!

Now, about 3/4 regulators, you don't find them because regulators that size fall into the industrial market. Putting a regulator directly next to the receiver is poor design. You can move one hell of a lot more CFM thru a ½' pipe at receiver pressure than you can at 90psi. Compressed air suffers tremendous transmission friction traveling thru a pipe.

 

[Vicegrip]

You can directly mount by using a reducer and stubbing out to the right size. Good advice to have a full port ball valve be first then a filter then the regulator and then the female hose quick disconnect. Makes it handy to work on the system without having to dump a full tank of air. It would be better but not absolutely necessary to have a coalescing filter with a drain and regulator wall mounted where you can adjust and burp it easily. Direct mounting anything subjects it to compressor vibration and vibration stress adds up over time.

 

[Charles (in GA)]

Yes, you can mount the regulator and filter on the shutoff valve, I did, but I also had a ****** between the tank and the shutoff valve crack, just recently replaced it. Got to get busy and fabricate a brace from the motor/pump bracket down to the regulator. I eventually hope to get air system plumbing installed. I have a very large (1" pipe thread, aprox 400 CFM) Wilkerson regulator that I will be using for a whole system regulator.

Charles

 

[neblinc]

Great points Franz, Guess I will just mount the regulator to the wall, and run a flex pipe from the compressor to it.

Randy