Hello JAMES!
14 Jul 95 13:08, JAMES GAMPPER wrote to 1800:
 JH>> a lot better than the disposable filter cannisters of today.  I used
 JH>> to be able to go 40 - 50 hours between changes with my Bauer, until an
 JH>> employee left a set of Divators unattended while he was filling them
 JH>> and blew the cannisters through the roof somewhere around 6000 - 6500
 JH>> psi.
 JG> THAT must have been fun, NOT!
Better than an enema for cleaning out the system.....
 JH>> What did I learn from all of this?
 JH>> 1.  I have a deep distrust of American Eagle compressors.
 JH>> 2.  I have very good feelings about Bauer or Mako compressors.
 JH>> 3.  While it's nice not to hear your compressor, that's not the
 JH>> best way to go.  You want to be able to hear the compressor if
 JH>> anything goes wrong with it.  Muffled is ok, silent is not.
 JH>> 4.  Always sniff your air after every fill, BEFORE you leave the
 JH>> fill station.  When in doubt, get another opinion.  Holding a
 JH>> clean hankerchief over the valve opening is a good test for
 JH>> contaminates, but your nose is a better test.  There should be
 JH>> *no* odor or moisture detectable.
 JG>  How did the flywheel break?
I don't really know.....it was an aluminum block compressor....I guess the 
flywheel was aluminum alloy as well.  Must have had a small defect that 
increased until there was a catastrophic failure.
 JG> Also I've only heard good things about Bauer.
Same here.
Jay
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