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Lowe's has DeWALT Auto Electronic Air Compressor Tank Drain (‎DXCM072-0030) on sale for $55.87. Shipping is free.

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Product Details:
  • Eliminate manual draining
  • Automatically drains condensation from the air compressor tank
  • Designed for use with all air compressors
  • Easy to install and maintain
  • Set the drain to activate anytime between 30 seconds and 45-minutes
  • Includes:
    • Electronic auto tank drain with 6 ft power cord
    • Clean out strainer valve,
    • 10 braided stainless steel tank drain tubes with 1/4 NPT elbow
    • 3 ft drain hose with hose clamp
    • Universal multi-purpose mounting bracket
  • Maximum pressure: 230 psi
  • Supply voltage: 120-Volt
  • Connection: 1/4 in NPT

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Lowe's has DEWALT Auto Electronic Air Compressor Tank Drain for $55.87. Shipping is free.

https://www.lowes.com/pd/DEWALT-D...5013769009
  • Eliminate manual draining
  • Automatically drains condensation from the air compressor tank
  • Designed for use with all air compressors
  • Easy to install and maintain
  • Set the drain to activate anytime between 30 seconds and 45-minutes

Includes:
  • electronic auto tank drain with 6 ft power cord
  • clean out strainer valve
  • 10 braided stainless steel tank drain tubes with 1/4 NPT elbow
  • 3 ft drain hose with hose clamp
  • universal multi-purpose mounting bracket

Maximum pressure - 230 psi
Supply voltage - 120-Volt
Connection - 1/4 in NPT

$111.73 at Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/DEWALT-Aut...192&sr=8-1
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Model: DEWALT Dewalt Auto Electronic Tank Drain Stainless Steel | DXCM072-0030

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Product Name: DEWALT Dewalt Auto Electronic Tank Drain Stainless Steel | DXCM072-0030
Product Description: No more tedious tank draining with this DEWALT Automatic Electronic Tank Drain Kit. It eliminates the need to drain your tank by automatically draining the condensation from any air compressor tank. Easy to install and maintain, simply choose the cycle time and set the drain to activate between 30 seconds to 45 minutes. An LED light indicates on/off status. DEWALT Dewalt Auto Electronic Tank Drain Stainless Steel | DXCM072-0030
Product SKU: 5013769009_5013769009
UPC: 846212074626

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I maintain 50 small compressors at Stanford University and have used these and several other autodrains. You are probably not going to like hearing the compressor drain every 45 minutes. A once a day timer would be a bit more reasonable. If you leave this device and your compressor plugged in, it will waste power and un-necessarily run your compressor every 45 minutes or less. Not good if you want to leave your compressor plugged in. I suggest leaving it unplugged when you are not using the compressor or plug it into a 7 day timer. Another down-side to auto drains is they can get stuck open and then the compressor runs constantly. I have had pumps and motors burn up because they ran continuously for several days, until someone checked it. It appears this one uses a ball valve, which is less likely to get stuck open.
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03-09-2024 at 10:27 AM.
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Good price. Anyone know, could this be setup to drain two tanks at the same time? For example a main compressor with tank and a secondary expansion tank that is shared with the compressors tank.
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03-09-2024 at 10:47 AM.
03-09-2024 at 10:47 AM.
This seems like a similar generic setup.

https://www.amazon.com/QWORK-Elec...0CBTM2LC6/

Not sure the differences other than name brand. Not sure the function of the clear tubing on the dewalt.
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03-09-2024 at 10:55 AM.
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Quote from RonPaulFan :
This seems like a similar generic setup.

https://www.amazon.com/QWORK-Elec...0CBTM2LC6/

Not sure the differences other than name brand. Not sure the function of the clear tubing on the dewalt.

My understand is model numbers that start DXC instead of DW are rebrands and not actually made by dewalt so quality of it is a question.
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03-09-2024 at 04:31 PM.
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The clear tubing is so you can divert the rusty water to a safe place to drain. The manifold also has two valves you can turn to manually drain.

I've often wondered why an automatic "passive" valve couldn't exist, that would e.g. rely on something like a float that would be large enough to overcome the pressure in the tank to automatically open without the need for electronics.
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03-09-2024 at 06:41 PM.
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Quote from LaughinGass :
The clear tubing is so you can divert the rusty water to a safe place to drain. The manifold also has two valves you can turn to manually drain.

I've often wondered why an automatic "passive" valve couldn't exist, that would e.g. rely on something like a float that would be large enough to overcome the pressure in the tank to automatically open without the need for electronics.

The issue is probably because of the pressure difference, if there was safe way to implement it they would have done so but last thing they want is to have a compressors that blow up things around them trying to release that condensation, even 80 PSI is not joke when gets expelled through small opening.
Having aluminum tanks at least helps somewhat against the rust though (from personal experience).
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03-09-2024 at 08:57 PM.
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Any equivalent hardware people like that isn't paying extra for what sounds like a branding added?
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03-09-2024 at 09:01 PM.
03-09-2024 at 09:01 PM.
any video how to use it
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03-09-2024 at 10:08 PM.
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Quote from ben_r_ :
Good price. Anyone know, could this be setup to drain two tanks at the same time? For example a main compressor with tank and a secondary expansion tank that is shared with the compressors tank.
install a tee and run the each drain to the tee, then out of the tee to the autodrain.
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I maintain 50 small compressors at Stanford University and have used these and several other autodrains. You are probably not going to like hearing the compressor drain every 45 minutes. A once a day timer would be a bit more reasonable. If you leave this device and your compressor plugged in, it will waste power and un-necessarily run your compressor every 45 minutes or less. Not good if you want to leave your compressor plugged in. I suggest leaving it unplugged when you are not using the compressor or plug it into a 7 day timer. Another down-side to auto drains is they can get stuck open and then the compressor runs constantly. I have had pumps and motors burn up because they ran continuously for several days, until someone checked it. It appears this one uses a ball valve, which is less likely to get stuck open.
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03-10-2024 at 05:49 AM.
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Quote from LaughinGass :
The clear tubing is so you can divert the rusty water to a safe place to drain. The manifold also has two valves you can turn to manually drain.

I've often wondered why an automatic "passive" valve couldn't exist, that would e.g. rely on something like a float that would be large enough to overcome the pressure in the tank to automatically open without the need for electronics.
Ideally you don't want to get to the point where a float would be needed. There are some auto drains that cycle when the compressor turns off. Harbor Freight sells one for cheap (not sure about the quality). Some higher end compressors like Champion also include cycle operated valves.
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Ideally you don't want to get to the point where a float would be needed. There are some auto drains that cycle when the compressor turns off. Harbor Freight sells one for cheap (not sure about the quality). Some higher end compressors like Champion also include cycle operated valves.

I'm not sure if HF still sells that. (Harbor Freight 68244 Automatic Compressor Drain Kit) I couldn't find it. Do you have a link? Amazon sells them though.
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I'm not sure if HF still sells that. (Harbor Freight 68244 Automatic Compressor Drain Kit) I couldn't find it. Do you have a link? Amazon sells them though.
I don't. Looking on the web I think this Walmart link is similar but I've never used the HF model nor this one so I can't say if they are worth anything.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Automa.../627375461
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Quote from rotarypower101 :
Any equivalent hardware people like that isn't paying extra for what sounds like a branding added?
You can get this same kind of thing from Aliexpress for $10-$15, but you'll need to add a plug and figure out the tubing.

Lots of vendors. example [aliexpress.us]
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