I have no room under my tank.
You don’t have an inch to put a “Street 90” elbow? hmmm… odd
well i didn’t think of that at first, but it still will be a tight fit
Mine is going to be a tight fit… but the 90 degree elbow will take the tight out (unless you like tight, then I’m sure you can work with it) and make it easier to install…
Electric all the way! It makes draining your tank so easy its hard not to. Plus, its useful to get someones attention. The high-pressure release is known to make heads turn.
I would recommend this: HornBlasters 1/2in Electric Drain Kit
Comes with all 1/2in DOT rated parts, an oversized valve, and a reducer for the outlet so you don’t drain to quickly.
We can also do it with 1/4in, 5/16in, or 3/8in line as smaller line is easier to route. It’s about $5 more to go with the smaller lines.
You stole my idea… 
(j/j)
i wish you guys had a new products page because it seems like there’s always something I miss that gets added to the catalog !
Great idea and nice to have a product kit for it. The only suggestion I have is to switch out the Shocker XL valve for a much smaller valve. The drain line and hoses will be reduced anyway and you don’t need high-flow rates so there is no need to add the expense and extra size/weight of the bigger XL valve. It could drop the price of the kit by $20 or so then more people would buy it.
We’re going to go with smaller lines but the bigger valve shortly. Will be using 1/4in lines to make routing wires easy, but 1/2in valve to reduce the chance of debris getting stuck.
Might offer an alternative valve as you suggested but it’ll only drop the price around $10. 1/4in SMC costs $30 and the Shocker 1/2in is $40 on our site. Not sure what the savings on fittings etc will be quite yet.
this is a little off topic from where this thread went.
thanx for advice everyone. still unsure, and broke, about how i want the draining tank process to go…
but, some people i know who have worked with air tanks say you should drain the tank every day just to get rid of the moisture and water trapped inside and to further prevent rusting. when i tell people i drain my air tank once every two weeks, they’re like “gasp really? thats so bad…”
i dunno. does anyone drain it everyday? i know people on this forum are way more experienced with air tanks than me, so what do you guys think of that idea… draining it everyday?
well i have my drain / solenoid hooked up to my psychoblasters… which is hooked up to my alarm , so i am constantly blasting those which in turn draining any moisture out.
It all depends on several factors: your tank size, how often you use and refill the tank, the humidity of the air which you pump into the tank, the nature of your valves and other parts, and the layout of your system. In my current setup I have 100% solid brass fittings and valves, rubber hoses, and an aluminum air tank so I am not worried about rust. I haven’t drained it for several months and I may not get around to it for another few months yet, maybe not until spring.
I have used numerous compressors of various sizes for years. Most of them I only drained maybe once every year, if that. When I did drain them I would never get more than a few ounces of water and it would always be dirty brown or rust colored (steel tanks). But that was such a small amount of water in such large, thick tanks that I wasn’t worried about it. They all continue to function just fine.
hmmmmm thats neat
my tanks inside my car tho eww heh
Every two weeks isnt bad with these small compressors. In a shop whre they run the compressors all day, that would be bad cause there’s proly a gallon of water sitting in the bottom of their tanks. once every two weeks should be just fine. I waited two weeks and drained mine, it took like 2 seconds for all the water to blow out, cause its the first thing to leave. The rest? Just wasting air.
I dunno about anyone else but I like to minimize my compressor run-time.