Thanks. Was more worried that I had it wrong from a gas flow sense. Not so worried about "stuff" getting into female more if it's on bottles rather than rig as I use the swagelok protectors when the connection isn't mated anyway.
@tbone1004 Is there a specific reason for having the male stem on the supply? The swagelok catalogue shows flow direction being from female to male. I've tried a (very unscientific) test of connecting a male and female and blowing through from each direction with my mouth and there's definitely...
Thought I'd come back to this (quite old) thread to close it out with what I learned (for posterity).
I managed to speak to a nice chap from Bauer in Austria who offered the following:
• Lowest rpm recommended is around 10-15% below the 1300 stated in the manual (I've put on a bigger pulley...
Thanks for the reply tbone1004.
Manual calls out 4.7hp for power demand to run pump at 1300rpm which is stated as a maximum rpm. No minimum rpm is given. The options given in the manual (I’m guessing originally available when buying) are electric motor at 5.35hp and engine at 6.5hp. The engine...
Tried this query on another forum, but not much of a response so far. Hoping for better luck here:
I’ve had a Poseidon P190 compressor for many years (powered by a Briggs & Stratton Vanguard petrol engine) giving good service. Probably not maintained nearly as well as it should have been but...
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