I bought my log splitter about a year ago and ran the heck out of it. Split all the wood from 3 huge four and five foot diameter trees plus a whole pile of knotted wood I was saving for later.
I was going to change the hydraulic filter this year since it was new.
Then I salvaged some pressure differential indicator gauges, that were being tossed. I had no idea what the green and red scales represented. So I hooked one up to shop air. The needle starts to move at 5psid and the needle touches red at 20psid which is perfect. The hydraulic filter starts bypassing around 20 to 22psid.
The filter says 20gpm and it's on a 14gpm system so it will probably be in the red when it's cold.
So what do you think change the filter when the needle stays in the red after it's warmed up?
I was going to change the hydraulic filter this year since it was new.
Then I salvaged some pressure differential indicator gauges, that were being tossed. I had no idea what the green and red scales represented. So I hooked one up to shop air. The needle starts to move at 5psid and the needle touches red at 20psid which is perfect. The hydraulic filter starts bypassing around 20 to 22psid.
The filter says 20gpm and it's on a 14gpm system so it will probably be in the red when it's cold.
So what do you think change the filter when the needle stays in the red after it's warmed up?