I never had an air compressor before but always wanted one for my garage. Couple of days ago I was passing a garage sale and guy had this Devilbiss 20 gallon 5HP compressor really cheap ($20). He said it ran great and only had little leak near regulator. He was selling it because he had 2 more already and was moving.
Anyway I never owned one so I'm almost completely clueless. One thing that grabbed my attention after I got home is big warning on the tank to drain water daily or it might go Kaboom if it rusted thru.
And indeed there's a lot of rust on the bottom (but it looks like it's external). I managed to unscrew the plug (took some effort) and there was water inside It's very muddy (like liquid cement) but not really brown or red...
What do you guys think? Would it be crazy for me to start using it? Otherwise whole thing looks like in a great shape, just air filter is broken off, but I found replacement for about $15 online.
Here are some pictures of the tank bottom.
Also I own flexible inspection camera. If I manage to somehow unscrew that big drain plug (on 3rd pic), I can check inside, but is it a good idea to touch that plug? Besides I'm not sure I can unscrew it anyway....
Anyway I never owned one so I'm almost completely clueless. One thing that grabbed my attention after I got home is big warning on the tank to drain water daily or it might go Kaboom if it rusted thru.
And indeed there's a lot of rust on the bottom (but it looks like it's external). I managed to unscrew the plug (took some effort) and there was water inside It's very muddy (like liquid cement) but not really brown or red...
What do you guys think? Would it be crazy for me to start using it? Otherwise whole thing looks like in a great shape, just air filter is broken off, but I found replacement for about $15 online.
Here are some pictures of the tank bottom.
Also I own flexible inspection camera. If I manage to somehow unscrew that big drain plug (on 3rd pic), I can check inside, but is it a good idea to touch that plug? Besides I'm not sure I can unscrew it anyway....
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