Mig flowmeter suggestions?

k0ua · Nov 11, 2016

A word to the wise: Don't leave your tank turned on when not in use.

dragoneggs · Nov 11, 2016

k0ua said:
A word to the wise: Don't leave your tank turned on when not in use.

Really? I just upgraded to a larger (60gal) tank compressor. I have been leaving it auto/on 24/7. It's a lot of air to drain. Are you suggesting to just turn it off or depressurize as well? Takes me 7 minutes to fill from zero... and a fair amount of time to purposely empty.

k0ua · Nov 11, 2016

dragoneggs said:
Really? I just upgraded to a larger (60gal) tank compressor. I have been leaving it auto/on 24/7. It's a lot of air to drain. Are you suggesting to just turn it off or depressurize as well? Takes me 7 minutes to fill from zero... and a fair amount of time to purposely empty.

I am referring to your high pressure argon or CO2 tank as used for welding. I don't trust solenoids and regulator diaphragms not to leak.

dragoneggs · Nov 11, 2016

k0ua said:
I am referring to your high pressure argon or CO2 tank as used for welding. I don't trust solenoids and regulator diaphragms not to leak.

Aha! Yes, agreed. I have air compressor on my mind as I have been plumbing my shop, trying to reduce moisture in the supply, etc. I should start a thread on my ordeal with my new HD compressor.

yomax4 · Nov 11, 2016

dragoneggs said:
Aha! Yes, agreed. I have air compressor on my mind as I have been plumbing my shop, trying to reduce moisture in the supply, etc. I should start a thread on my ordeal with my new HD compressor.

I have a ball valve 1st in line on my compressor. I always forget to turn it off when done. It takes a while but I can hear the compressor in my shop kicking on from the house in summer months. If this was my mig or tig tank, I'd be broke by now.

dragoneggs · Nov 11, 2016

yomax4 said:
I have a ball valve 1st in line on my compressor. I always forget to turn it off when done. It takes a while but I can hear the compressor in my shop kicking on from the house in summer months. If this was my mig or tig tank, I'd be broke by now.

So do I... I guess I should turn that off nightly because I do have a very slow leak downstream. Well I think it is downstream in the quick connections but actually haven't tried to isolate it yet. So much better than my old 20gal compressor that leaked such that it was cycling so much it was very annoying.