Antique pressure gauge

Ignoramus27433 · 2014-11-23T15:03:27+00:00

I put this 8 1/2 pressure gauge on my compressed air system: It looks awesome and can be easily seen from afar. Now I am beginning to worry that I put it in the wrong place. It is fed by an air line right next to the output of the pump. Because of this, when the pump runs, the gauge fluctuates a bit as the air "puffs" in the line, and I am afraid that the mount of the needle was not designed for that and it will fail after a few months. Is this a valid concern and should I connect it to something other place in the tank, where the pressure is more stable? i

Nov 23, 2014 22 Replies

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Ignoramus16276 11 years ago

Yep. I bought a snubber, put it in line, straightened out the rubber line also, everything is nice, tidy and the gauge operates very smoothly.

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aasberry 11 years ago

Just my observation that without a check valve, he is using the pump head discharge valves as a check valve.

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Ignoramus6304 11 years ago

Right, exactly.

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