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Let's get some terminology corrected to start. What you have is a pump, not a compressor. (Water cannot be compressed.) Your accumulator is typically called a pressure tank. Inside the tank is a bladder with water on one side and slightly compressed air on the other. As the pump pushes water in, the air in the tank is compressed further. At some point, called the cut-out pressure, a switch interrupts the power to the pump and no more water enters the tank. Since there is compressed air above the water, there is enough force acting on the liquid to push it out of the tank, through the pipes, and all the way upstairs (possibly several flights of stairs) to the faucet. The pressure control switch tells the pump how much pressure to build and is adjustable. 100 psi is a common limit since pressures over that typically require a regulator to avoid problem with pipes, faucets, etc.
What are you trying to do here?
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