SIP compressor help

[cliftyhanger]

Knocked my sip compressor a while ago and it damaged the regultor thingy, the gauge totally broken, and the pressure adjustment bit has cracked so it pops out when prsessure builds up, so I need to fix it.
Question is, what is it called? and where is the best/cheapest place to get a replacement. Can I get a regulator thingy with a combined water trap too, would be handy. Any idea what size threads they are on the sip? it is a 3HP 50l jobbie, must be 13/14 years old but not used very much.
Cheers
Clive

 

[paulmowers]

Hi Clive

general term I think would be a filter regulator, better ones have a water trap at the bottom, you could try machine mart, or basically anywhere that does air equipment.
Threads usually 1/4bsp on in and out (unless its a very large one) and 1/8 bsp on gauge fitting.

hope this helps

all the best paul..

 

[Welderpaul]

I have a 3HP sip compressor. The output pressure and CFM output was nowhere near the stated readings.
I took the regulator off and replaced it with a proper one - this gave me 1/3 as much pressure and improved CFM. Probably a blessing in disguise if you've broken it!

 

[slab288]

Just noticed this thread I've just done all this with regulators, the normal is the 8bar rating with a 150ml bowl........8bar would be enough for me but then as soon as you press the trigger there's a pressure drop so it could be as low as 7.2bar with no adjustment, I've gone for a bigger one rated at 14bar with a much bigger flow rate....probably in the region of 2000lts and well glad I did, it's also not a good idea to go to the regulators limit as I would have done with the 8bar I say this because as you get to the limit the reading becomes unreliable, same goes for gauges the British Standard for gauges is 75% of scale when pressure is constant and 65% of scale when pressure is fluctuating.........I also apply this to regulators aswell.

Bryan