"He who marches out of step hears another drum." ~ Ken Kesey
Jesus Christ? I would bet he would be knowledgeable, but why would he stop at air compressors?I don't, I use Al, he's good and he gets here quick. Can you PM me JC's contact info? I might talk to him about a few things in the shop.And yeah, compressors never explode...this one is smaller than ours...http://weldingweb.com/showthread.php?p=455570#post455570
Quote from: mk162 on May 02, 2012, 09:21:11 AMJesus Christ? I would bet he would be knowledgeable, but why would he stop at air compressors?I don't, I use Al, he's good and he gets here quick. Can you PM me JC's contact info? I might talk to him about a few things in the shop.And yeah, compressors never explode...this one is smaller than ours...http://weldingweb.com/showthread.php?p=455570#post455570Yup its for sure possible, look at the condition of the tank on the outside, of course the inside is going to be worse.
Very true! Last year a guy in our town was killed at a car wash in the compressor room when the tank exploded. Its no joke. Makes me want to buy a Brown when i think about it.
Here in CA we are required to get a permit for the tanks. They send their guy out and he measures the thickness of the tank. They have a safe thickness and when it falls below that he will not issue a permit. Permit I believe is for 3 years then they reinspect and issue you another one.Gotta be a reason for this and its gotta be that they have a chance of exploding and taking someone out.Jon
Quote from: Prosperi-Tees on May 02, 2012, 10:08:21 AMVery true! Last year a guy in our town was killed at a car wash in the compressor room when the tank exploded. Its no joke. Makes me want to buy a Brown when i think about it.Tanks exploding on a compressor are almost non existent. Finding someone injured by a tank rupture would be even more rare. You have way better luck winning the Mega Lotto X10 than this happening. Just a FYI!
Quote from: 244 on May 02, 2012, 12:01:18 PMQuote from: Prosperi-Tees on May 02, 2012, 10:08:21 AMVery true! Last year a guy in our town was killed at a car wash in the compressor room when the tank exploded. Its no joke. Makes me want to buy a Brown when i think about it.Tanks exploding on a compressor are almost non existent. Finding someone injured by a tank rupture would be even more rare. You have way better luck winning the Mega Lotto X10 than this happening. Just a FYI!No doubt that it is very rare but in the same sense rare means it could happen. Now will it happen? That is going to depend on your maintenance of the compressor. The case I pointed out was from poor maintenance and having oil blow by into the tank. Very rare if you know what you are doing but it can happen.