My two cents from a little guy with a small system.
I have a compressor with 3 bank bottles (the bank is primarily used to refill my cylinders late at night without havinig to run the compressor).
Mount a large sheet of 1/2-inch plywood to the wall (screwed into the wall studs) - it facilitates securely mounting all of the components and tubing.
All tubing must be secured at regular intervals with brackets to prevent the tubing from becoming a whip should a connection fail.
Forget using Parker quick disconnect couplings, they are always sources of leaks.
My panel revolves around a 7-port manifold. The compressor feeds into the manifold via a one-way valve.
From the manifold block, I have two fill whips and 3 lines (1 line to each of my 3 bank bottles, with a high-pressure valves between the lines and the manifold). The 7th port is occupied by a large-faced pressure gauge.
Clockwise from the left:
Line in with one-way check valve
Pressure gauge
3 lines to bank bottles with line valves (top 3 lines)
Fill whip (right side)
Fill whip (bottom line)
I have since replaced the 3 lines valves shown in the photo below with more appropriate Sherwood line valves.
I have a compressor with 3 bank bottles (the bank is primarily used to refill my cylinders late at night without havinig to run the compressor).
Mount a large sheet of 1/2-inch plywood to the wall (screwed into the wall studs) - it facilitates securely mounting all of the components and tubing.
All tubing must be secured at regular intervals with brackets to prevent the tubing from becoming a whip should a connection fail.
Forget using Parker quick disconnect couplings, they are always sources of leaks.
My panel revolves around a 7-port manifold. The compressor feeds into the manifold via a one-way valve.
From the manifold block, I have two fill whips and 3 lines (1 line to each of my 3 bank bottles, with a high-pressure valves between the lines and the manifold). The 7th port is occupied by a large-faced pressure gauge.
Clockwise from the left:
Line in with one-way check valve
Pressure gauge
3 lines to bank bottles with line valves (top 3 lines)
Fill whip (right side)
Fill whip (bottom line)
I have since replaced the 3 lines valves shown in the photo below with more appropriate Sherwood line valves.
