I bought some 'official' compressor mounting pads from a local
installation contractor for about $4 a shot, they are a fairly tough
'rubberized cork pad laminated to rubber' about 3/4" thick x 3" x 3", they
say you just drill right through 'em, and then lag it into the floor.
Scarey thought to think about tearing a 'foot' out of the side of a 80
gallon tank with 175 psi on it! Still waiting to plumb the (40 x 40)
garage with all that 'properly sloped' black iron pipe, at least a year
since I bought the unit ;-(.
-bob
On Thu, 22 Oct 1998, Eric Murray wrote:
>
> Lin, Gary writes:
> >
> >
> > Could be that depending on piston orientation (ex: horizontal) the shaking
> > motion would either rip out the anchors or else if tightly bolted down the
> > vibrations would shake the compressor to death. Some sort of shock
> > absorbing pad installation would be necessary, probably ignored by most
> > people.
> >
>
> So how do you tie down a vertical compressor so it won't
> fall down in an earthquake? Put a chain around it?
>
>
> --
> Eric Murray On top of the Loma Prieta fault.
>
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