#Northern tool quincy air compressor install#
Throw in the easy install and the solid look of the finished system and I give it an A+. To get 5 outlets fed by 3/4" line, I think the value is there. With the system, the additional fittings, the tank drain, the outlet upgrades, etc., I'm into it for between 3 and 4 bills. Also - pre-assembling the outlets, the reel junction, and the tank valve assembly on the bench with a vice meant I could get some good muscle on all of those joints, versus field installing them with wrenches on a ladder. Never used them both like that, but the lack of hissing speaks to the effectiveness.
#Northern tool quincy air compressor plus#
I did follow their directions on the NPT stuff - 2 wraps of teflon tape, plus pipe dope. Given that there were probably 50+ joints, I was impressed with this. But Northern swapped it out no questions asked. Looked like a manufacturing defect, but I might have done it with a wrench while putting stuff together. Upon putting air in the system, I found one leak - A hole in the body of one of the tee's. Two people would have been helpful a few times, but it was completely manageable solo. Install took probably 8 hours all in, doing it solo. If you are going to ignore my suggestion above to skip M and use V, then throw a few bucks my way and I can ship all of this stuff to you. consequently, I now have a E36 M3-ton of M-type fittings I'm never going to use. Both are available on the shelf though at Northern. The only upside I can find to the M-Type is that they are a bit more common, so if you want to be compatible with traveling tools then M is the safer bet. M-type males will plug into V-type outlets (tough obviously not taking advantage of the bigger air path), but I also replaced any fittings that matter ( impact wrench, die grinders, etc) with V-type males as well, and updated a couple of hoses too. I read up on it before picking them out and it's ~2X the flow of an M-Type. You can see how much better they will flow. Should make draining the tank a non-event, and therefore done much more often.Īlso, while I was at it, I replaced all of my previous M-type fittings with V-type. Now to drain the tank, instead of berkeleying with shallow pans that I can fit under the valve and doing it all laying on my stomach, I can now just put a bucket under the valve and open it. So I plumbed in an easy to get to outlet and valve. While I was at it I drained the tank, and decided that the lay on the floor to berkeley with a valve under the air tank method sucks. And the new setup coming out of the tank - all 3/4" plumbing. You can see on the compressor my old setup - a single 1/4" NPT quick-connect. This is where I terminated the RapidAir system - with a RapidAit-to-3/4" NPT lug. This is going further upstream - The piece passing thru the wall is from the previously empty lug, with the left leg going to the third outlet, and the right leg headed to the compressor.
So this is the run to the far outlet, by the door, and then the tee to the reel, and another tee to a second outlet. Starting at the far end meant that tapping into the compressor would be my last step. Mostly this was because I wanted to keep air functional if I needed it during the install (I didn't). I started at the far end of the system and worked back towards the tank. This is the assembly that will feed the ceiling mounted reel.Īlso pre-assembled and mounted all 3 of the outlets. The tee is to allow me a quick connect right at the tank without burning up one of the 3 included outlets. Of course, none of this is the RapidAir stuff - just brass fittings. This is the main valve assembly coming out of the tank. I started out by pre-assembling all of the major subassemblies. I got most of what I asked for, and got the rest of the needed stuff in a couple of trips back to Northern or Home Depot. It was the RapidAir 3/4" system, and a bunch of various fittings and accessories. HA! Fast forward to now and my Christmas list this year consisted of a bunch of part numbers from Northern Tool. Long version - When I moved into this house 8 years ago I wanted to plumb the shop for air before things got too settled. Short version - I really like it, it installs easy, it's a good value, etc.
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