Air hose connections to a compressor.

by Ron Powrozek
(Bridgeport, MI USA)

I bought a 1.5 gal compressor from Sears and want to connect a longer (non-spiral) hose to it. First of all do interconnect hoses normally have female connectors at both ends. If so, that mean that I need a male mating connector on the nailer/stapler (which it has) and also a male mating connector on the tank. If my assumptions are correct so far, my next question is, do I need a male connector at the tank that will hold air (check valve) until a connestion is made? You said there were no stupid questions!

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Bill says....

Correct Ron. There are no stupid questions, and yours are commonly asked.

To answer them fully, I added pages to this site on COUPLERS and CONNECTORS which should answer all the questions you asked.

For complete info, visit those pages, linked from the site map.

For air systems, couplers are typically checked.

Cheers,

Bill