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Locate and Open Drain Valve

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DON'T FORGET TO DO THIS WITH YOUR AIR COMPRESSOR!!

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What happens here

Carefully tilt or lift the air compressor to gain access to the underside of the air tank. Locate the drain valve, which is commonly a small brass petcock or a twist-style valve. The host demonstrates turning this valve counter-clockwise to open it. As the valve is opened, a mixture of air and accumulated water (condensate) will begin to spray out. You might need to slightly adjust the valve or gently shift the compressor to encourage the complete drainage of water.

Goal: Once the air compressor tank is fully depressurized, locate the drain valve at the bottom of the tank and open it to begin expelling trapped moisture.

Tools and materials

  • Air Compressor

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but if you want to keep your compressor in optimal condition flip it over to the bottom and there's going to be a valve in the very bottom too this is actually going to help you to bleed condensate out right because every tank every time you put air in something whether it's the the difference in temperature whether it's something while you're making air you're also going to get a little bit of condensate this is actually going to help blow that condensate out okay let me show you up close if we get down right here and you're just able to turn this get down right here okay so you turn the valve counterclockwise to open it once it's open you're going to see that air and water mix is going to start coming out you're going to have to fidget with a

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