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(01-16-2021, 08:50 PM)MauleSkinner Wrote: So is there a reliable way to determine that a compressor tank is reasonably safe?
You could proof test it. Fill it with water, then pump the pressure up to some proof pressure, like 250 psi. If it fails, there’s essentially zero stored energy in it, so it would just kind of leak or split a bit and spray a little water. But it won’t explode.
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I had one about that size rust out 25-30 years ago.
I mounted everything on the side of a 100p LP tank. Wheels and all.
Used it for several years until I bought my first 60g upright.
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(01-17-2021, 12:15 PM)Stwood_ Wrote: I mounted everything on the side of a 100p LP tank. Wheels and all.
It was probably made to the
4BA240 spec, which has a 240 psi working pressure, with some design factor applied of course. Higher working pressure than most air receivers. There's also a spec for higher pressure (312 psi I think?), but most small cylinders are 240 psi. Presumably a bit heavier construction than an equivalent air tank, and little to no water in it during its lifetime.
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When I worked for a crop service we had a 25HP compressor mounted on a 350 gallon Propane tank
