Has anyone placed there compresor filter outside with there compresor? Thought it would look alot cleaner looking if I could place it outside. I am looking at Wix Aquacheck filter drier system. My compressor is 30 CFM, All they offer is a 25CFM and 50CFM. Will it hurt anything to get the bigger CFM filter?
Question About Filter drier
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Franz©
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First & foremost, why the hell would anyone want to filter air for anything other than a paint gun or a Plasma? The majority of air tools really don't care about moisture in the airstream unless you're storing them in below freezing temperature.
Secondly, how are you determining the CFM of the compressor, free air or compressed air @125psi? It makes a Big difference.
Secondly, how are you determining the CFM of the compressor, free air or compressed air @125psi? It makes a Big difference.
Uncle Buck
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First & foremost, why the hell would anyone want to filter air for anything other than a paint gun or a Plasma? The majority of air tools really don't care about moisture in the airstream unless you're storing them in below freezing temperature.
WHAT!I guess I have been living by a different set of rules, to my knowledge moisture is no friend to air tools!
Greenjeans
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My sand blaster absolutely needs dry air.
jimvannoy
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I don't want water in my air. Bad for painting, sandblasting, and for air tools.
Franz©
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Well, for those who believe dry air is necessary for a MEDIA blaster, I have a few shocks for you. Then again, I can only lay hands on receipts for about 40 ton of media I've propelled at various surfaces.
The air tools in my shop and service truck never complained about a little moisture either. Air tool oil pretty much solves that problem.
If and when you're ready to accept the reality that water cannot be efficiently removed from a compressed air stream completely, and that even refridgerated and descicant filters can only remove so much moisture from compressed air you might be ready to procede. Till then, keep believing salesmen and AlGore I repealed the laws of Physices Web Sites, and pissin money down the drain.
Hell, i ought to be selling Franzinator plans for $19.95 emailed to your computer, and Air Polisher plans for $29.95.
The air tools in my shop and service truck never complained about a little moisture either. Air tool oil pretty much solves that problem.
If and when you're ready to accept the reality that water cannot be efficiently removed from a compressed air stream completely, and that even refridgerated and descicant filters can only remove so much moisture from compressed air you might be ready to procede. Till then, keep believing salesmen and AlGore I repealed the laws of Physices Web Sites, and pissin money down the drain.
Hell, i ought to be selling Franzinator plans for $19.95 emailed to your computer, and Air Polisher plans for $29.95.
PAToyota
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Franz©;132067 said:
As they say, YMMV...
What sort of humidity do you deal with around your place? Around here on the banks of the good old Susquehanna, summers can be pretty durn miserable. If you don't have something to knock at least some of that moisture out of the air you can blow compressed air against a cool surface and watch the water drip down it... That turns just about any blasting media into a clotted mess in no time...
As for the air tools, yes, the oil helps. But I still cannot imagine that running that water through the tools helps in any way...
Franz©
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60 to 85% rh in summer hot days on the South shore of Lake Ontario, the world's largest sewer.
There were days I would have killed for something to turn blast media into a clotted mess just to make recovering the **** easier. I've run more 500 pound pots with the seperator drain wide open than I care to remember.
Susquehana, I think that's the river my wiff ran a canoe into a cow on. Might have been the Schulkill.
There were days I would have killed for something to turn blast media into a clotted mess just to make recovering the **** easier. I've run more 500 pound pots with the seperator drain wide open than I care to remember.
Susquehana, I think that's the river my wiff ran a canoe into a cow on. Might have been the Schulkill.