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fox
  • Member since
    January 2007
  • From: Narvon, Pa.
Posted by fox on Friday, February 21, 2014 11:28 AM

As Don said above, "You just need to get the right pipe fittings".

My wife and I share a 3hp industrial compressor with a 10 gal. tank. It's down in the basement in her workroom. She uses high pressure for her power staplers. I teed another line off the compressor and fed it up to my workroom in a spare bedroom upstairs. I bought a regulator/filter at Home Depot that gives good control down to 0 pounds and installed it on the side of my spraybooth. I can spray at any pressure I like up to the setting she has downstairs, which is much higher than I would ever use.   We can both use the compressor at the same time with no problem.

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    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Thursday, February 20, 2014 9:23 AM

Regulators can generally be added to the output of a compressor with regulator.  You just need to get the right pipe fittings.  You can stack regulator and filter/dryer, for instance, plus things like disconnects, tees, etc.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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    August 2012
Posted by JMorgan on Thursday, February 20, 2014 7:09 AM

The regulator only goes down to 20 psi and it is a square box built into the compressor.

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    February 2015
Posted by Bick on Thursday, February 20, 2014 6:46 AM

Is it that the regulator can't reduce the pressure or that the gauge only goes down to ~20 PSI. i.e. could you just change the gauge? FWIW though I'd be fairly certain you could remove the old regulator and install a new one.

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    August 2012
Compressor regulator
Posted by JMorgan on Thursday, February 20, 2014 2:30 AM

Is there a way to attach a Paasche regulator/moisture trap to a compressor/tank that already has a built-in regulator? The regulator I have has no capability to adjust below 20 psi--the range most modelers use. Should I get a new compressor if not?

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