Pictures of the INSTALLED Curtis compressor

Subject: Pictures of the INSTALLED Curtis compressor Newsgroup: alt.home.repair => Ignoramus18224

How do you have access to that site?

Congrats....it looks like a good install.....Ross

Edwin's right here....I got the &%$# scared out of me a few times walking by those things. What we used to do with industrial installations was to use an oil separtor and plump the water to a sewer line. If you have a cleanout nearby (garage??) maybe you can run a line to it. Just drill, tap and put a fitting on it. Without the separator I don't believe it would be a legal install in any locale.....Enjoy your new compressor....Ross

Put on the belt guard. If it was rattling, it wasn't installed corrrectly or it had loosened up after install.

The auto-drain puts out a blast of compressed air for a few seconds. You want to pipe this away and dump it outside. 150 pound air will blast water all over the place if you dump it into a sump. Been there, done that.

The domain likely belongs to the OP.

Think ice bullet.

Better yet, pipe it into a closed but vented container. You don't want that blast as your wife walks by the line. You can put a drain for the water and have a diffuser so there is not a big blast. In an commercial setting, that vent would go to an oil/water separator before it goes to drain.

That's interesting to know. Yes, most likely I will do it, if only for my peace of mind.

What about winter, freezing etc, would putting a line outside make it possible that it would plug up one day?

Edwin, can you give me some detail? Indeed, I do not want those blasts as my wife, or my 3.5 year old, walk by. The kid, especially, hates loud noises. I am thinking of directing them into an empty plastc soda bottle, which I would put inside some box or some such.

I installed the belt guard and it does not rattle appreciably. I am glad that I did it.

Ignoramus18224 wrote in news:cvsn5p$t2s$ snipped-for-privacy@pita.alt.net:

Length of 3"x 1/4" wall square tubing. Weld end plates on the tubing. Drill and tap for 4-6 Festo U-1 exhaust mufflers (silencers). Drill and tap one end plate for a ball valve to be used as a drain. Drill and tap the other end to connect your pipe. You can mount it inside without it being excessivly loud, and would be very safe.

Thanks. I do not quite understand everything that you said, but I saved your post for future reference.

Ignoramus10062 wrote in news:cvt8o3$ihs$ snipped-for-privacy@pita.alt.net:

I installed a Bristol compressor the other week. Took out a Copeland, and put in a Bristol. The folks are very pleased to ahve their walk in cooler working, again. Alas, I didn't take any pictures, and so I can't show it off.

Looks like you got a neat machine, there.