...About those "imaginary" compressor explosions....

abdywgn said

and drain the tank on a regular basis. Hmm, I wonder if they remember to do that at work?

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Years ago I worked for a company that built a new shop. The air compressor was installed over a small "room" double entry to stop cold air entry in the winter. The air outlet from the tank had a loop up to stop any moisture getting into the shop air lines. After a while I noticed the compressor would cut in almost immediately. So I mentioned that I thought the compressor needed to be drained. Response was the loop stopped the water, to which I replied "where does the water go?"
This went on a few times, with no solution. So on the Friday of a long weekend, I got a ladder and went up and opened the drain. Tuesday morning I was in the manure heap. All the drywall that had been on the ceiling in that room had gotten soggy with the drained water and fallen down. Had to go up and route a copper line down the wall to allow draining once a week.