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Unread 24-02-2002, 04:15
Lloyd Burns Lloyd Burns is offline
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One team near mine only got one pressure switch, so I helped them with a timer.

It sounds like the thread was started by some one using the pressure switch to turn off the compressor. What happens if you have a little leak and never get that high a pressure ?

Perhaps you should readjust the switch to turn _on_ the compressor at some user-selected lower pressure, and use the software timer to turn it back off. That way, if your pump can get the pressure above the low set point, the pump will turn off sometime, and you'll still have some pressure.