Chujybear
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I have two pancake compressors. A jun-air, and the Italian copy of it, the Panther.
Both of which have a top drain.
So my question is in two parts. The first part is for curiosity sake.. why drain from the top, and how does it work? It doesn't make sense why it wouldn't just drain out the bottom like other compressors that I've used over the years... but the fact is , it works...
except when it doesn't.
Which is my second question (a person keeping count might argue this is my third question):
I moved my panther today, and it was heavy, and I could hear and feel a massive amount of liquid sloshing around in it. I put air in it and opened the top valve, but not much came out. I ran the compressor w the valve open. .... finally I pulled the drain assembly right off and just dumped out the compressor. Filled up a whole windshield washer fluid container, with more left to go.
So the question, why mightn't the drain be draining?
Anybody encountered something like this before. I do bleed off the top drain almost every day I use the compressor, but I suspect there may have been fluid in there when I first bought it. I can recall a sloshy feeling when I moved it.
Thank you
Both of which have a top drain.
So my question is in two parts. The first part is for curiosity sake.. why drain from the top, and how does it work? It doesn't make sense why it wouldn't just drain out the bottom like other compressors that I've used over the years... but the fact is , it works...
except when it doesn't.
Which is my second question (a person keeping count might argue this is my third question):
I moved my panther today, and it was heavy, and I could hear and feel a massive amount of liquid sloshing around in it. I put air in it and opened the top valve, but not much came out. I ran the compressor w the valve open. .... finally I pulled the drain assembly right off and just dumped out the compressor. Filled up a whole windshield washer fluid container, with more left to go.
So the question, why mightn't the drain be draining?
Anybody encountered something like this before. I do bleed off the top drain almost every day I use the compressor, but I suspect there may have been fluid in there when I first bought it. I can recall a sloshy feeling when I moved it.
Thank you