Thanks for the info esshup, I was hoping you would drop into Knobber's thread.

Two quick questions (if you do come back).

1.) Has running a compressor to "failure" ever resulted in damages so severe that it could NOT then be rebuilt with a kit? (Failure could just be when it no longer aerates the pond adequately.) I am just trying to figure out if the rebuilds need to be like airplane parts - where you always replace critical components after x hours of usage or people will die, or if you can just run until compressor failure as long as your fish can handle 24 hours without aeration while you rebuild the compressor (with the kit you ALREADY have on hand).

2.) If there was a pressure gauge near the edge of the pond, would a split air station have shown up as a clear pressure drop?