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Nathan, Something to remember. Here in the Boise area we are in a desert environment. I personally open the petcock valve on my compressor about once every 3 months and usually nothing but air comes out. In 7 years of living in this area I've only had water in my compressor once. I only use my compressor about twice a month and turn it off between uses. When I lived in Austin, Texas, I bled my compressor after every use and had water every time. There is a difference between the usual 20% humidity here in Idaho and the usual 80% humidity I faced in Austin. Neil -----Original Message----- From: orntar@orntar.net [mailto:orntar@orntar.net] Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 9:21 AM To: type3@vwtype3.org Subject: [T3] air compressors i just bought an air compressor from harbor freight to work on the fasty this winter. it is a 21 gal standup. in the manual it states that everyday i need to drain the moisture through the little valve on the bottom, to prevent rust and damage to my tools. is it absolutely neccessary to do it everyday? it may be weeks between uses of this thing. thanks sorry if this is slightly off-topic, but i caould not find any info on the web. -- nathan http://vwt3.orntar.net/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~