Test Results are in!

[William McDaniel]

Hey all, So I took a gamble and purchased a Bauer Utilus 10 that was not run for 13 years or so and was 24 years old. I replaced all the needed parts and filters. I ran it for a little while and filled some tanks. It ran tanks right up to 3000 psi within time specs. I was very happy. I just received the test results from Tri Air and it passed all tests to include a moisture test. This is the first test I ever have done on a compressor. I know it passed but I have a few questions.

Here are the results

Oxygen (Volume %) 20.7 PASS
Carbon Monoxide (ppmv) < 1 PASS
Total Gaseous Hydrocarbons including Methane (ppmv) 2.7 PASS
Methane (ppmv) 2.0
Carbon Dioxide (ppmv) 479 PASS
Oil Mist & Particulate [COM:133] (mg/m3) < 0.1
Oil Mist (mg/m3) < 0.1
Particulate (mg/m3) < 0.1
Odor (Pronounced) NO PASS
Water (ppmv) < 2
Water (Dew Point °F) < -95


1. How are things looking for this compressor?

2. Are any of these numbers something to be concerned about?

 

[RayfromTX]

Fine
No
Enjoy

 

[William McDaniel]

Fine
No
Enjoy

Thank you!!!

 

[wnissen]

Sorry, does that test result say there is a pronounced odor?

 

[nadwidny]

Oxygen at 20.7 seems a tiny bit low but that's probably just a calibration thing. Everything else looks really good.

 

[nadwidny]

Sorry, does that test result say there is a pronounced odor?

It is confusing. The result was "NO. PASS". I guess they could use some punctuation in there.

 

[wnissen]

It is confusing. The result was "NO. PASS". I guess they could use some punctuation in there.

Oh, great, I can breathe easy, so to speak. Know nothing about compressors, that just seemed odd. I suppose in theory there's nothing stopping even highly filtered air from having odors, since some molecules that smell are very small.

 

[rjack321]

Hey all, So I took a gamble and purchased a Bauer Utilus 10 that was not run for 13 years or so and was 24 years old. I replaced all the needed parts and filters. I ran it for a little while and filled some tanks. It ran tanks right up to 3000 psi within time specs. I was very happy. I just received the test results from Tri Air and it passed all tests to include a moisture test. This is the first test I ever have done on a compressor. I know it passed but I have a few questions.

Here are the results

Oxygen (Volume %) 20.7 PASS
Carbon Monoxide (ppmv) < 1 PASS
Total Gaseous Hydrocarbons including Methane (ppmv) 2.7 PASS
Methane (ppmv) 2.0
Carbon Dioxide (ppmv) 479 PASS
Oil Mist & Particulate [COM:133] (mg/m3) < 0.1
Oil Mist (mg/m3) < 0.1
Particulate (mg/m3) < 0.1
Odor (Pronounced) NO PASS
Water (ppmv) < 2
Water (Dew Point °F) < -95


1. How are things looking for this compressor?

2. Are any of these numbers something to be concerned about?

These are fine for a new filter. Knowing when to change that is really the key part

 

[William McDaniel]

These are fine for a new filter. Knowing when to change that is really the key part

Ok! Thank you! I’m going to stay on top of that!

 

[nadwidny]

These are fine for a new filter. Knowing when to change that is really the key part

When I worked at the lab and could test my compressor weekly/monthly I would just watch the moisture. Once it started going up it was time to change.

Of course this isn't an option for pretty much everybody else.