Air compressor air dryer Recommendations

[1967Chevelle]

I have a Pro Air II by Devilbiss 25 Gallon 135 PSI oil free Air compressor, I get lots of water coming out of the air line. I'm going to be assembling an engine and going to be painting it and don't want water all over my engine, any recommendations for air dryer for this air compressor?

Thanks

 

[ovrrdrive]

I have one of these and I'm pretty happy with it. They have a pretty good reputation. if you use a 20% coupon they're pretty reasonable too.

http://www.harborfreight.com/compressed-air-dryer-40211.html

 

[1967Chevelle]

I have one of these and I'l pretty happy with it. They have a pretty good reputation. if you use a 20% coupon they're pretty reasonable too.

http://www.harborfreight.com/compressed-air-dryer-40211.html

your link didn't work, can you resend me the item

 

[ovrrdrive]

It looks like a clean link... Google HF air dryer. It should pop up.

 

[1967Chevelle]

It looks like a clean link... Google HF air dryer. It should pop up.

for some reason it wont open, which one do you recommend?

 

[930dreamer]

The link opens for me but its the dryer for $399.

http://www.harborfreight.com/compressed-air-dryer-40211.html

 

[1967Chevelle]

The link opens for me but its the dryer for $399.

http://www.harborfreight.com/compressed-air-dryer-40211.html

oh ok, well that dryer is worth more then my compressor lol

 

[ovrrdrive]

If you have "lot's of water" I'm not sure if any of the passive dryers are going to work for you. You can build an inter-cooler or after-cooler from one of the threads on here that will definitely help, but if you just slap a desiccant filter on there you'll probably have to change it out everyday or bake the desiccant to dry it out. You're going to need something more. There are lot's of threads on air dryers. I just thought you were looking for something that worked that was relatively cheap for what it was.

 

[nczo6]

That compressor is way to small for what you are trying to do, the reason you are getting so much water is the compressor is running non stop and with it being an "oil less" pump they get extremely hot very quick and cooking the air that it is compressing. I would just go ahead and bite the bullet and invest in a lager cfm unit, you will be much happier in the long run. I was in the same boat about ten years ago, went from the same compressor you have to a champion 18 cfm unit and haven't looked back since!!

 

[saltfuture]

I built one of those after-inter-whatever the correct name is coolers.
I live in Atlanta. Was getting crazy amounts of water in my lines all the time.

First catch tank will pour out over a liter of water every use.
Second tank has never produced a drop. Main tank and lines are completely dry.

Had this setup for about 8 months. Never an issue.

Head>Universal Car AC Condenser>Catch tank 1> Catch tank 2> Main tank.

Please ignore the terrible pipe soldering. This was my first time trying it.

 

[1967Chevelle]

I Realize that my Air compressor is too small, in order to buy a bigger compressor first I would need to bring 230V to the garage but I wont be doing that right now,

will this work with my Pro Air II by Devilbiss 25 Gallon 135 PSI oil free Air compressor, I'm thinking of building a " Copper Cooler line" like in the picture below with 1/2" copper pipe and then adding a 3/8" Air Filter and Dryer, would this eliminate all my water in the lines? and would I be losing lots of air flow with this system??

https://www.princessauto.com/en/detail/3-8-in-air-filter-and-dryer/A-p8502098e

 

[1967Chevelle]

i realize that my air compressor is too small, in order to buy a bigger compressor first i would need to bring 230v to the garage but i wont be doing that right now,

will this work with my pro air ii by devilbiss 25 gallon 135 psi oil free air compressor, i'm thinking of building a " copper cooler line" like in the picture below with 1/2" copper pipe and then adding a 3/8" air filter and dryer, would this eliminate all my water in the lines? And would i be losing lots of air flow with this system??

https://www.princessauto.com/en/detail/3-8-in-air-filter-and-dryer/a-p8502098e

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[American Locomotive]

It might work, it might not. It depends on how much air you're using, and how much water you have in the system.

 

[Furd50]

Why do people build aftercoolers with vertical piping? Far better to build them horizontally and have them self-drain onto the air receiver. The compressor discharge should go to the top of the aftercooler and the bottom to the receiver. Take the air to the distribution piping from the receiver.

This way ALL the condensate ends up in the receiver where it can be easily drained. Having the compressor discharge to the aftercooler rather than the receiver keeps the receiver cool and consequently the air out to the system is dryer than it would normally be.