LOWELL BAKER on thu 7 dec 00
I have know one person who got killed from a compressor
explosion and another who was seriously injured.
Do not screw around with compressed air.
Do not buy used compressors.
Service your compressor regularly. This includes draining the tank
and inspecting hoses and tubing.
As most of you know I love appropriate technologies, but this is a
little like finding the parts to build an airplane to fly a few hundred
miles.
New compressors are pretty cheap when you consider the
alternatives like burial expenses, hospitalization, permanent
injuries, loss of work time and not being able to visit this list.
Lowell
The University of Alabama
vince pitelka on thu 7 dec 00
> Do not buy used compressors.
Lowell -
Your warning is well taken, but the above is a little extreme. You can find
great deals on used compressors, especially at auctions. Just have the unit
checked out by a professional, particularly the tank and the relief valve.
If there is any doubt about either, you can still take the compressor unit
and the motor and mount them on a new air tank equipped with a new relief
valve, all for a fraction of the cost of a new compressor.
Best wishes -
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
Home - vpitelka@dekalb.net
615/597-5376
Work - wpitelka@tntech.edu
615/597-6801 ext. 111, fax 615/597-6803
Appalachian Center for Crafts
Tennessee Technological University
1560 Craft Center Drive, Smithville TN 37166
http://www.craftcenter.tntech.edu/
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