Mitchw123456
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I currently have a 60 gallon compressor plumbed into a separator, oiler, then to T that goes run to my hose reel and the other side runs to my regulator. I regularly drain my tank and when heavily using air tools I keep my tank drain cracked and water separator cracked and still get wet enough air that during heavy use I get condensate mist on my glasses during heavy use. I'm currently planning on building a home made desiccant dryer over the next day or so. My question is in plumbing everything up.
I'm currently considering running 3/4 or 1/2" copper tubing straight from my compressor and running it 10' down the top of wall, dropping down an inch or so, adding a drain and chasing the first run back towards compressor and dropping down with another drain then into a water separator, to the dryer, and back to the tank. Keep in mind this is in a 2 car garage that I have cram packed and as organized as possible with little extra room. Does this sound like the copper run will be sufficient to help cool the air a little before trapping out in the separator and further dried in dryer before going into the tank? I'm not looking for perfectly dry air, but here on the coast in Texas its always very humid and I'm tired of constantly cleaning glasses!
I don't really have the room for a a homemade or store bought refrigerated drier. I'd really prefer staying away from running a copper coil in a bucket of water as it just adds to the mess of draining/adding water and adds more stuff to the floor that I really don't want to add. And ofcourse, I'm doing it on a budget and don't want to drop a lot of cash. Thanks for any insight in advance
I'm currently considering running 3/4 or 1/2" copper tubing straight from my compressor and running it 10' down the top of wall, dropping down an inch or so, adding a drain and chasing the first run back towards compressor and dropping down with another drain then into a water separator, to the dryer, and back to the tank. Keep in mind this is in a 2 car garage that I have cram packed and as organized as possible with little extra room. Does this sound like the copper run will be sufficient to help cool the air a little before trapping out in the separator and further dried in dryer before going into the tank? I'm not looking for perfectly dry air, but here on the coast in Texas its always very humid and I'm tired of constantly cleaning glasses!
I don't really have the room for a a homemade or store bought refrigerated drier. I'd really prefer staying away from running a copper coil in a bucket of water as it just adds to the mess of draining/adding water and adds more stuff to the floor that I really don't want to add. And ofcourse, I'm doing it on a budget and don't want to drop a lot of cash. Thanks for any insight in advance
You can level with us.
ones done, the the other is basically done unless I decide to throw money at it