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DT - Thanks for joining in, the warning about the squirrel cage is good. I shan't be so careless. Read On
ZDD - Thanks for the manual. it has helped. I stopped at a second dive shop, asked some questions and was given an original printed parts manula for my compressor. The guy said he didn't need it any more.
After a little over a month, I finally hooked up the compressors electric motor (while i don't want to go boom, I don't want to go zap either). Turned it on breifly, no zap. Tried again and let it go up to 1000psi, 2000 then 3000. It runs well, oil seems to be pumping, pretty quiet compared to the one at the dive shop.
Then I hooked up a 3600 psi cylinder and let it go. Manual says to run it until the fourth stage blows off. I shut it off at 3500, the homemade control panel that came with the compressor was marked 3550psi max fill.
A bigger problem may be the dryer. It doesn't appear that filters are available. The filter inside looks like a shiny silver tennis ball can with holes in the ends. I tried to rejuvenate the molecular sieve, but will try it again before I fill another tank. Research on Scubaboard indicates that it would need to be heated to 450F for several hours to completely rejuvenate, and I need to reverse the AC and MS (I just put it back the way I found it)
Another question is oil. One dive shop said I could use non-detergent 30W oil, another said he used food grade synthetic. There seems to be great debate over the use of synthetic oil in bauer compressors. Synthetic will dissolve carbon deposits left by mineral oil, causing "gunk" build up? Could I avoid the gunk by changing the oil, running the compressor an hour or two and repeating the process a few times? Should I wait until the valves need to be changed or forget the whole endeavour?
ZDD - Thanks for the manual. it has helped. I stopped at a second dive shop, asked some questions and was given an original printed parts manula for my compressor. The guy said he didn't need it any more.
After a little over a month, I finally hooked up the compressors electric motor (while i don't want to go boom, I don't want to go zap either). Turned it on breifly, no zap. Tried again and let it go up to 1000psi, 2000 then 3000. It runs well, oil seems to be pumping, pretty quiet compared to the one at the dive shop.
Then I hooked up a 3600 psi cylinder and let it go. Manual says to run it until the fourth stage blows off. I shut it off at 3500, the homemade control panel that came with the compressor was marked 3550psi max fill.
A bigger problem may be the dryer. It doesn't appear that filters are available. The filter inside looks like a shiny silver tennis ball can with holes in the ends. I tried to rejuvenate the molecular sieve, but will try it again before I fill another tank. Research on Scubaboard indicates that it would need to be heated to 450F for several hours to completely rejuvenate, and I need to reverse the AC and MS (I just put it back the way I found it)
Another question is oil. One dive shop said I could use non-detergent 30W oil, another said he used food grade synthetic. There seems to be great debate over the use of synthetic oil in bauer compressors. Synthetic will dissolve carbon deposits left by mineral oil, causing "gunk" build up? Could I avoid the gunk by changing the oil, running the compressor an hour or two and repeating the process a few times? Should I wait until the valves need to be changed or forget the whole endeavour?