Simple question about oiling my Air Venturi Nomad II compressor.

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bltefft

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I've always added 3-4 drops of silicon oil into the oiling port when the time was right and then returned the Nomad to an upright position (that places the oiling port on the side). After I added oil today, I thought, "Why not leave it on its side, with the oiling port up, so that gravity would help draw the oil down and into the compressor."

Have any of you Nomad owners, ever tried that? Now, I wonder if the unit needs to be in the upright position for some reason, and not on its side?
 
The rubber feet on the bottoms of your compressor are designed to be the pump/floor interface. Use em. They absorb vibration. If the designer wanted the pump to run "sideways" then the feet would be put on the side of the unit... Best not to try to outsmart the design.
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Jim, I think you misunderstood what I meant. I never said I'd run it while it was on its side. I thought I'd simply let it lay on its side when I was done using it - to let the oil soak in, so to speak. Of course, I'd set it back up on its rubber feet before I used it again.
 
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Wow somebody is upset they misunderstood and made a fool of himself! LOL



I would say that makes good sense. These things are so small and light that I dont think you could hurt it no matter which way you store it, or hung it from the ceiling even. 

As for the engineers, I'm sure they would suggest the same.. so gravity helps with the oiling. But the market team would disagree, they most likely would love it if you use that oil port and it doesn't do much good... so it wears out eventually and you buy a new one. The ever lasting fight between a product engineer and sales management.... If engineers and mechanics ruled the world, we would have products that lasted forever. 
 
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Wow somebody is upset they misunderstood and made a fool of himself! LOL



I would say that makes good sense. These things are so small and light that I dont think you could hurt it no matter which way you store it, or hung it from the ceiling even. 

As for the engineers, I'm sure they would suggest the same.. so gravity helps with the oiling. But the market team would disagree, they most likely would love it if you use that oil port and it doesn't do much good... so it wears out eventually and you buy a new one. The ever lasting fight between a product engineer and sales management.... If engineers and mechanics ruled the world, we would have products that lasted forever.
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Thanks Kevin for understanding what I was talking about. I thought your point about engineers and marketing team was a good one. I guess I'll be marching to my own drum with this idea.
 
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Still, you are trying to out smart the designers. No need to other lay it on its side for run, OR FOR STORAGE. You run the risk of unintentional consequences by marching to your own drum. 

Have at it fella.

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No, I am not trying to outsmart the designers. I'm just trying to find a good way to lubricate my compressor. It appears to me that gravity would help distribute the oil. And I'm not storing the compressor, I use it almost every day. It would be sitting on its side for only a few hours.
 
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Bobby - I can't figure out why those engineers and designers didn't put that oil port on the top. After all it is just connected to a small clear plastic hose which they should be able to route from anyplace to anywhere. Guess they got their reasons.
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After what you told me about the plastic hose, it makes me wonder, too.
 
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Bobby - I can't figure out why those engineers and designers didn't put that oil port on the top. After all it is just connected to a small clear plastic hose which they should be able to route from anyplace to anywhere. Guess they got their reasons.
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Well, a cynical* answer is "Industrial Engineers" - these are the guys that take the design from the Mechanical and Electrical engineers and work on "user experience" and "marketable form factor" - and they don't much care (or understand) the purpose of things like oil ports - they just consider them a blemish and try to move them to a unified, preferably hidden, location. 

GsT

* "The power of accurate observation is often called 'cynicism' by those that have not got it." - George Bernhard Shaw
 
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I've done the same on my compressor (oil it on it's side) then I use a pin to break the bubble and the oil goes down the tube and then I put it back on it's feet. I'm thinking of getting a syringe and feeding the oil into it a drop at a time while it's running.
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Using a syringe while it's running, now there's an idea. Thanks
 
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Bobby - I can't figure out why those engineers and designers didn't put that oil port on the top. After all it is just connected to a small clear plastic hose which they should be able to route from anyplace to anywhere. Guess they got their reasons.
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Well, a cynical* answer is "Industrial Engineers" - these are the guys that take the design from the Mechanical and Electrical engineers and work on "user experience" and "marketable form factor" - and they don't much care (or understand) the purpose of things like oil ports - they just consider them a blemish and try to move them to a unified, preferably hidden, location. 

GsT

* "The power of accurate observation is often called 'cynicism' by those that have not got it." - George Bernhard Shaw
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Yep, my dad was a mechanic and he used to "raise cane" about how car designers never seemed to give a rip about the folks who had to work on the vehicles they designed - like how to get to the spark plugs in the back of the motor.
 
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I agree with most above-a pretty good idea and something that doesn't seem like it would cause problems.
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Thanks, bandg. That was my thought, too. I think the reason it is not on top, is so that dust and debris can't get in. Then again, it seems like they could have put it on top along with some kind of cap or cover.
 
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