What Have I Got Here?
- I bought this RIX SA3E Scuba Compressor used. It was apparently used in some sort of airgun business and came with an expired fire department type fiberglass wrapped reserve tank.
- The vertical black tube on the left is the moisture collector for the 3rd stage and the one on the right is for the 2nd stage. The manual shows each with a simple petcock on the bottom for draining moisture. These have quite a bit more complicated plumbing with no manual controls that I can see. Are they automatic?
- It looks like there's a pressure switch between the two vertical black tubes. I'm wondering if this thing was set up to keep the reserve tank filled and every time it dropped below a certain pressure the compressor would turn on automatically. If so, I may need to operate this with a reserve tank?
- There's a pressure gauge facing away from the camera on the left. It and the brass colored rectangle beneath it are labeled as the Back Pressure Regulator and is factory set for 1500 psi. The fill hose comes out the bottom.
- There's no hour meter or anything to tell how much use this has seen or whether it needs an overhaul. The guy who sold it said it was a business liquidation and he was told to "just take what you want"... He tried not to disconnect very much... Just the reserve tank actually. So, if it doesn't need an overhaul, I might be able to just plug it in an pump air?