EZ AirRide 1/4″ NPT Electric Tank Drain Kit — 250 PSI High-Flow
Don’t Let Moisture Sabotage an Expensive Build
It’s a common oversight. An air tank is like a living thing — if you don’t take care of it, the whole system suffers. Moisture doesn’t just rust your tank from the inside. When it sits, it travels. It gums up your expensive manifold valves. It fries your pressure switches. It compromises your sensors and gauges.
The EZ AirRide Electric Tank Drain gives you the moisture control you need. It safeguards every component in your system from the harmful effects of internal tank moisture.
The 1/4″ Performance Advantage
Other drain valves on the market are undersized and restrictive. We engineered ours differently. Our valve features a 1/4″ NPT port. This matches the standard bottom ports found on most high-quality air tanks. So it threads in directly with a 1/4″ close nipple — no extra adapters or reducers needed.
But it’s not just about the fit. It’s about the flow. Our wider 1/4″ orifice clears out moisture and heavy sediment harder and faster than small-bore alternatives. Tank gunk and scale are inevitable. However, our larger opening provides the clearance needed to blast that debris completely through the valve and out onto the ground. It never travels internally through your expensive air ride system.
High-Frequency Use Requires High-Volume Drainage
Every time you hit your switches — airing up for a cruise or showing off at a meet — your compressors refill the tank. That constant airflow cycle sends hot, compressed air into the tank. As it cools, it creates condensation that builds up fast. In humid climates or when temperatures drop, this happens even quicker.
Our 1/4″ ported valve lets water and sediment exit with a high-volume purge. Whether you have a 3-gallon or a 10-gallon tank, you want that moisture out now — not later.
Ditch the Manual Routine
Why lay on your back in a trunk or crawl under a truck with a rag in one hand and a wrench in the other? Consider that chore retired.
Drain at the Touch of a Button
Maintenance should be EZ. Place our trigger button anywhere — your dash, glove box, or a hidden console. Tap the button and let the system do the work.
EZ Tech Talk: Drains vs. Traps
We get asked all the time: “Why a tank drain instead of a water trap?” The answer is simple physics.
The Cooling Gap: Compressed air leaves your compressor scorching hot. At those temperatures, moisture stays in a vapor state — an invisible gas. A water trap can only catch liquid droplets. It cannot catch steam. If the air hasn’t had roughly 36 to 48 inches of line to cool down, that moisture ghosts right through the water trap as hot steam. It only turns back into liquid water after hitting the cool walls of your tank. So a trap placed too early in the system is often missing half the problem.
The “Soda Vending Machine” Look: To catch every drop with traps alone, you’d need a maze of glass bowls and extra fittings — both before and after the tank. This turns your clean trunk setup into a cluttered mess with extra leak points to manage and multiple bottles to drain manually. It adds bulk where you want a clean, professional build.
The Purge Advantage: Physics is on our side. Moisture naturally settles at the lowest point of your tank. With the EZ AirRide Tank Drain, you aren’t trying to catch steam. You’re blasting out the liquid that has already settled. One push of a button clears the tank instantly. It keeps your setup minimal, your flow high, and your system protected.
Installation Tips
The EZ AirRide tank valve is a direct fit for our 6-Gallon tanks. Our port is placed far enough from the mounting leg for a zero-interference install. The port on top lets you hand-tighten the entire valve body clockwise directly onto the tank using the included 1/4″ close nipple.
Mounting on your own tank? Keep in mind the valve is approximately the size of a Duracell C battery. You’ll need at least 3 inches of clearance around your port to spin the drain onto the bottom of your tank.
Custom Clearance Solutions: If your drain port sits directly next to your tank’s mounting legs, no worries. Simply swap the included close nipple for a 1/4″ NPT 90° elbow or a straight fitting to remote-mount the valve a few inches away. You’ll also need an additional 1/4″ NPT fitting to adapt to the tank valve, then daisy-chain it with a 1/4″ air hose from the tank to the valve. Just keep the valve as close to the tank as possible for the best results.
