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>>886530

Loosen the nut on the pressure switch. Little copper pipe stuck to the box the gauge and regulator goes into.

But even with the safety factor built into air tanks, I don't know if I'd try it with THAT particular one...

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Anonymous Sat 10 Oct 2015 20:31:33 No.886553 Report Delete

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>>886534
>>886535
>>886537
By my understanding the one-way safety valve will prevent catastrophe and bumping up the pressure a bit isn't as dangerous as it sounds.

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Anonymous Sun 11 Oct 2015 14:58:20 No.886888 Report Delete

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>>886553
The safety valve has no idea what bullshit material and welding went into making the tank. If the tank ruptures
best case scenario you buy new undies, worst case your family plans a funeral.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Oct 2015 15:06:44 No.886890 Report Delete

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>>886534
Please, that Harbor Freight compressor is just as shitty as the Craftsman compressor that was built across the street from it. It's all Chinese crap.

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Anonymous Sun 11 Oct 2015 16:02:11 No.886920 Report Delete

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>>886888
you don't know how litigation works.

If the valve blows at 150 psi, the tank itself can take 200.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Oct 2015 17:16:17 No.886957 Report Delete

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>>886920
>pump up tank past rated point...
>safetey valve fails to work properly because it's harbor freight tier
>tank bows up, takes you with it...
>family sues harbor freight
>shark lawyer manages to convince a jury that you should have been safe to modify it and use it beyond what is described in the use manual\
>harbor freight ordered to pay your family 100M$$
>pays in shitty keychain knives and free flashlights....
>somehow feels like you still lost...

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Anonymous Sun 11 Oct 2015 17:27:34 No.886964 Report Delete

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>>886890
Expect sears pays for a QA department.

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Anonymous Sun 11 Oct 2015 17:48:25 No.886977 Report Delete

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>>886553
>Increasing the pressure of a pressure vessel beyond its rated pressure is not as dangerous as it sounds.

Sure.

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Anonymous Sun 11 Oct 2015 18:05:12 No.886985 Report Delete

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>>886920

sure thing buddy

this was just nerve gas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enRKvjKr7l0

I mean come on, that tank has so many pounds of force trapped inside I wouldn't be surprised if it tore you a new one.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Oct 2015 20:42:01 No.887039 Report Delete

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>>886530
look on youtube theres tons of videos

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Anonymous Wed 14 Oct 2015 14:05:32 No.888114 Report Delete

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>>886920

Max pressure and working pressure are two very different things.

It'll work; don't get me wrong, but it'll work only as long as the joints hold up under stress.

To illustrate this, lift a barbell over your head with one arm. Keep it there until your elbow buckles and you break your nose.

That's why working load exists.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 16 Oct 2015 01:21:51 No.888863 Report Delete

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Idk.

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Anonymous Fri 16 Oct 2015 01:59:42 No.888893 Report Delete

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>>886977
The tank itself is some generic steel tank that is probably rated to 200+psi.

Harbor Freight, being a large company that moves a lot of air compressors and doesn't want to be sued for a trillion billion dollardoos for having even one of their millions of compressors explode and kill a hapless consumer sets an arbitrarily low limit to exclude the possibility that this could happen. That's why there's a valve that pisses out excess pressure well below anything that would compromise the integrity of the tank.

Shit guys, this is not hard to understand.

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Anonymous Fri 16 Oct 2015 08:19:58 No.888968 Report Delete

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buy a better compresssor

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Anonymous Fri 16 Oct 2015 14:20:15 No.889099 Report Delete

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>>886530
You don't. Fucking retard.

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Anonymous Sun 18 Oct 2015 13:33:36 No.889969 Report Delete

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Bump

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Anonymous Sun 18 Oct 2015 15:05:58 No.889998 Report Delete

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>>889969
Stop bumping this. This thread is asking for something involving massive stupidity probably death. Just stop.

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Anonymous Sun 18 Oct 2015 20:06:03 No.890102 Report Delete

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>>886530
Why has nobody asked why you want 150 psi?

For all the air compressors I have used, I have wanted more CFM at times, but not more PSI.

What do you want to gain with 150 vs. 120psi?

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Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2015 12:28:45 No.890889 Report Delete

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Don't you guys know they hydro these things to 200% of rated pressure? OP will be fine.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 23 Oct 2015 06:18:31 No.892059 Report Delete

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>>886890
>poor people actually believe this

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Anonymous Fri 23 Oct 2015 09:05:10 No.892079 Report Delete

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>>892059
>Not realizing he's poor if he uses anything modern craftsman produces.

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Anonymous Fri 23 Oct 2015 10:40:50 No.892096 Report Delete

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>>890889
yes. they do that ONCE.
repeated stressing beyond rating will cause joints to weaken. Material will creep, and then eventually give way in a spectacular way only pressure vessels do.

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