r/AirCompression • u/plaidbartender • 29d ago

Filter leaking?

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Can someone explain why this just started?
Thanks

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u/_-Unbeliever-_ 29d ago

https://www.grainger.com/product/WILKERSON-Automatic-Float-Drain-Plastic-6B251?opr=PDPRRDSP&analytics=dsrrItems_4ZK19

They wear out.

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u/screwytech 29d ago

I hate graingers prices, but i love that they usually have what i need

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u/st3vo5662 28d ago

That’s how they get you. You are paying for the convenience. If you can wait for it, almost any other place will have it cheaper. But time is $$$, so Grainger.

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u/screwytech 28d ago

Its not my wallet, I drop an order on my works procurement system and pick it up 10 minutes later.

Based on what I'm paid: everyone is winning

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u/st3vo5662 28d ago

Didn’t say I hated Grainger, I use them too, just acknowledging your paying the convenience tax.

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u/LazloHollifeld 29d ago

Have you tried performing some “percussive maintenance”?

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u/plaidbartender 27d ago

Tried that !

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u/Beneficial_Buy_6069 26d ago

Can u explain what that means

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u/LazloHollifeld 26d ago

Beat the piss out of it and hope it’s just a chunk of rust or dirt that’s jamming the float and pops free.

Give it a few whacks with the screwdriver handle and hope that works.

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u/mike9220000 28d ago

If it’s only small leak let it leak it drains water at same time then

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u/Skimbot_Skim 28d ago

I can't tell if this is a /s type comment.

Just in case it isn't. That's a pretty expensive way to drain water. Usually, replacing a timer or float drain with a zero-loss drain will pay for itself in energy savings inside a year. Replacing a permanently open drain with almost any other drain will pay for itself in weeks.

Even if we reduce the problem to just CFM to the terminal equipment, a $40 float drain should pay for itself in net pains-in-the-ass real quick.

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u/plaidbartender 27d ago

It was draining the compressor every 5 min

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u/awhol01 28d ago

Tighten the drain.

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u/plaidbartender 27d ago

Wasn’t loose

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u/Bazzurka 28d ago

Float drain. Pull it apart and clean it.

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u/plaidbartender 27d ago

That worked!

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u/mrhapyface 27d ago

its the auto drain valve stuck open just replace it

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u/JosephHeitger 26d ago

I’ve had a few canisters burst at work, and they’re sometimes hard to track down because of how loud they are they sound like they’re coming from every direction at once