Closed: Bauer K14-5.5

[Steve78]

I have bought a Bauer K14 compressor. The unit was disassembled earlier and now I need an advice how to connect the ADV.
It has the old four knob ADV and I suppose that the drain port of the water/oil separator goes to the top of the ADV. But want to be sure, somebody might has the same setup.
The shape and the length of the steel tubes are a bit weird and do not know how the filter system was positioned next to the compressor unit....

 

[Danny Lucido]

Hello, im a Bauer technician. Looks like you may have the line backwards. The line from the final separator needs to go back to the drain assy. BTW that is a really old drain system. Its been discontinued since late90's

 

[Steve78]

Hello, im a Bauer technician. Looks like you may have the line backwards. The line from the final separator needs to go back to the drain assy. BTW that is a really old drain system. Its been discontinued since late90's

Thank you. I also supposed that pipe goes to the drain assy.

 

[Steve78]

Does anybody know this old Bauer controller?

It has a cylinder head temperature and oil pressure input. I think it stopped the compressor if the oil pressure was too low and/or the temperature is too high.
I think it has a timer (most probably a simple monostable circuit) to switch of the compressor if there is no oil pressure within a few sec. (No oil pressure at stat up). And most probably the reset button resets this timer.
The indicator lights show the cause of the break down (oil or temp.)
I am just guessing and have never seen this unit working. I will open it and have a look at the circuit but would be good to know how it was working. Easier to reverse engineer...

 

[Steve78]

It seems to be much more simple than I expected. It is not a timer. The RESET button just has to be pressed during the startup until there is enough oil pressure.