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Re: Dump Valve and Pressure gage

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Originally posted by tareyton
I am not refering to the relief valve on the compressor. I am refering to the bronze valve that last year we were required to have directly off the receiver to vent the system to atmosphere.

If you are storing vacumn in the receiver wont that screw up your regulator???

Oh... that's called the Plug Valve... It's the 3-way bronze one with the black knob, right? It was never required to be in the line. It's more of a "convenience" thing. It's good for letting the air out easily. I highly recommend you put it on if you are pressurizing your pneumatics. More of a safety issue....


If you're planning on using the cylinder to generate a vaccum... then you don't need the regulator or the plug valve (because it'll never be hooked up to the compressed air loop)... the regulator is to limit the pressure to 60PSI.
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