One of my major peeves is a hissing coupler, being as my main comp. is IN the house 24/7 and fully charged, with hoses running all over ( don’t ask), WTF do I have to do to get a decent fitting?
Milton=leak
HF= fuggetaboudit
Is there a fitting that works? I use Ind, not Auto, short stems.
Should I swap out or what?
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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Wait a minute. Just wuuuuuuun minute. Are you the same guy who, just yesterday, was espousing 17th Century woodworking techniques to me on the current window building thead? What on God's green earth are you doing with air hoses running all over your place?
I'd suggest plumbing a ball valve on the compressor. You may not want to lose the pressure in the tank but it wouldn't hurt to shut off the air supply to the hoses, when they're not needed. One quick turn and the ball valve is closed/open.
Hey, I'm almost Amish here. I pipe the house with air, why not?
Really, we are under major reconstruction here, and having air at all fronts is a plus. I have a three way splitter on the output and three hoses, that snake all over to a hard pipe as well.
It is not the tank end that succks( or blows as the case may be) but the male tool ends that seem to be the weakest links, even the good Miltons hiss all night ( the females) and I ain't spry enough to go and remember to shut off the air, it requires a hike through a war zone, in the dark, at 0300 with sharp stuff wherever you need to place your hand ( broken windows not withstanding) to get a sense of balance.
Ya know? I really forget that most folks don't live this way....I just take it for granted that someone would have or is , doing the same thing..that right there, says something.
Ah, hell..I'll figgure it out.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"If you want something you've never had, do something you've never done"
I use auto style. I have found that taking the female fitting apart and cleaning it well will usually clear up any leakage. Sometimes the weight of a hose pulling down from a connection will cause a leak , might try supporting the hose so it is in alignment with the female coupler. I did however just purchase a HD fitting (male) that was not a match to any other fitting. Leaked badly until I disposed of it. I have a couple of "Universal style" fittings that are new to me, heavy duty, take long, short and auto fittings, and haven't leaked yet.
They can't get your Goat if you don't tell them where it is hidden.
I switched over to all Universal--stab in--fittings...Nice! No messing with pulling a collar back to plug in and no compatability issues. No leaking either after about a year.I'll have to check on the brand.
Ah, hell..I'll figgure it out.
Sounds like the onset of CRS to me. As I recall, however vaguely, I was about your age when it began to effect the logical sequence of my day's efforts.
So one answer might be to wear a simple digital wrist watch with an alarm, set it to remind yourself to go turn off the air after supper or whenever. I have a couple of them around, so I can grab one and program it to go off when I need it to. Timer function or alarm, pretty handy for the CRS afflicted.
Having the air compressor cycle right outside the bedroom door in the middle of the night is also a hoot."Honey, I'm sorry, it's just the compressor, I must have left it on. . ."
I use the long stems from HD and don't have any issue with them except for an occasional problem. No wholesale leakeage like you're describing.
Draggin thru the mud mighta done some damage I guess..The steel seem to be worse than te brass..oops.
Can you tell me the benefits to the long nipple vs the short ? Or AUTO vs the Ind?
I think it was Marty ( IMERC) that ran either a 3/8ths or backwards connection, to keep folks from scabbing into his air supply on site, I'd guess that'd work for that situ. but I just wanted to keep the comp. from kicking on at all hours.
I JUST got the DW to stop SNORING, with some kind of herbal meds...man I need some sleep..(G)
P.S. : This is where Rez tells me it is the snakes, under the floor boards..I am gonna get his butt down here as paid help, and guess what his first job will be?Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"If you want something you've never had, do something you've never done"
Don't know the ins & outs of the different kinds. Just know that everything that I saw in aviation was the longs. Everything I used in framing prior to aviation was longs and everything I got thereafter had the longs. Wonder if that tells something?
IIRC there were different fittings on the filtered breathing air (filtered right off the regular supply lines) supply in aviation for the confined entry work (fuel tanks) that needed a positive air flow but I think that was to prevent mixing of hoses/sources. Seem to recall them leaking/hissing all the time.
Been using my CO2 bottle finishing up some odd jobs lately and it's pretty damn cool.
My regular yard carries Senco fittings, and I don't think I've ever had them leak.
I have had my compressor ( in my basement) start cycling in the middle of the night when I left a leaky gun attached- the DW wasn't happy about that. LOL
I've got a crazy idea, why not just turn the darn thing off at the end of the day?(I've forgotten myself one time at a client's house and they asked me the next day what was that crazy noise their furnace was making?)Julian
I use Type M Miltons ................. they've been pretty good for the most part but I've had a couple self destruct. I don't think their QC is as good as it used to be.
I've been using the Porter Cable fittings with the rubber insert in 'em. They don't leak a drop of air. (Not that I've ever seen a drop of air laying around on the floor or anything...)
They are the "stab-in" fittings someone else mentioned. I really like this feature.