Automatic Electric Drain Valve for Air Compressors

I installed an automatic electric drain valve on my air compressor so I wouldn’t have to bend down and drain the water from the air compressor ever again. Not draining your air compressor can cause excessive water to build up in the tank and cause all sorts of problems. It’s not good for your air tools and can cause failure of the tank due to rusting.

Face it, manually draining the tank is a pain in the butt and you probably don’t do it as often as you should. This will automate the process of having to manually drain the tank and keep it purged of water buildup.

The entire process took about 45 minutes from start to finish and was was under $50 for everything. Check out the video of me getting mine installed and see the initial testing of it once it was completed. I’ll post a follow up video after some time to “fill” you guys in on how well it’s been working so be sure to subscribe to the channel and hit the notification bell to be notified when I post it.

Here are the products used in this video if you are interested.

Electric Drain Valve – https://amzn.to/3SeyKxp
1/4″ drain extension hose – https://amzn.to/3KePrqF
Pex crimpers and clamp kit – https://amzn.to/3lLIq6x

The pex adapters, elbow and cap came from the orange big box store.