I need a fitting, but not finding the items or able to identify them..

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So I found and bought a water separator. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077SX5G9V/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_S7QY63P6NFKZMVH7637C?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

but I need to have at least...

1. One one way valve. To keep air from exiting the inlet. 

2. One On/off valve to keep pressure in the water separator.

3. One Bleeder valve to air down pressure in the line. 

What type of fittings (names) am I looking for? This is what I have.

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What thread do i have and need. 

What are choices for places to look for these items?



Thank you



Allen
 
Allen

I've been watching some YouTube videos by Topa Manufacturing Company, in China, that makes all kinds of PCP pumps, fittings, filters, hoses, etc. They mention that a catalog is available, in your shoes, I'd try to get one. I think quality is good and prices reasonable. Easy to contact, information shown on videos. Only thing is they might only sell to dealers, not directly to consumers. Worth a try, I'd think.

WM
 
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You really don't need to keep the water separator pressurized just bleed it before you turn the compressor off. Although it may be helpful to keep a filter with media pressurized most of us don't and I have not heard of any problems as yet from not doing so.


I have run two compressors one for two years and another for one without keeping anything pressurized because it werqs fine without doing so. If my environment was higher humidity I most likely would just get a separator like you did and run my media filter after it. 

I would only pressurize my media filter if I was going to run loads of moisture through it.
 
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i dont know what thread size you have so odentifying those is like pretty necessary to know what adapters you need .. most male fosters are sold with a removeable check valve .. a bleeder rated at 6k psi and 1/4" npt threads im sure can be located easilu enough on ebay etc ..getting fancy with hpa fittings can be a bear to get sealed well .. use big tools .. ive found loctite 545 is useful on threads that dont seal on a donut or oring but it takes awhile to fully cure and hold up for hpa use .. about a week ...
 
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i dont know what thread size you have so odentifying those is like pretty necessary to know what adapters you need .. most male fosters are sold with a removeable check valve .. a bleeder rated at 6k psi and 1/4" npt threads im sure can be located easilu enough on ebay etc ..getting fancy with hpa fittings can be a bear to get sealed well .. use big tools .. ive found loctite 545 is useful on threads that dont seal on a donut or oring but it takes awhile to fully cure and hold up for hpa use .. about a week ...
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Thanks and yes identify the fittings is a major ordeal. I do not come from a background of pipe fitting. And with these items coming from outside of US it put out there even more possible types of fittings. The fittings I am looking at first appear to be JIC but not. Or AN but that is also not the case 

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I figured that I would have to remove at least one of the fittings. I did not want to as I did not want to have to clean out the threads of any sealer if used. The good thing is Ifound out the threads going into the unit appear to be 1/8 npt. It is tapered so not bpt or bsp parallel or the others... Yaa! But i will need to clean the threads out 😡

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