Air compressor tips

[VanDy]

I live in Ohio and its pretty humid right now, so my air compressor is of course sucking in lots of moisture. A dryer and filter on the output is great and all, but does anybody have a secret or tip for keeping or getting moisture out of the tank? I bet I drained at least a cup out of the tank on 2 occasions today!




-VanDy

 

[flyingron]

Keep draining it regularly. If there is moisture in the air, you're not going to keep it out of the tank. If you don't trust yourself to do the draning, there are automatic gadgets that will automatically open the drain periodically. I just remoted the drain valve from under the center of the tank (it's one of the large tank upright units) out to the front so it's easy to just open the valve when I go over to turn the thing on.

 

[VanDy]

Keep draining it regularly. If there is moisture in the air, you're not going to keep it out of the tank. If you don't trust yourself to do the draning, there are automatic gadgets that will automatically open the drain periodically. I just remoted the drain valve from under the center of the tank (it's one of the large tank upright units) out to the front so it's easy to just open the valve when I go over to turn the thing on.

I drain it everyday at minimum, every hour or so if using constantly. Was hoping for a clever gadget to go on the intake!

Thanks!


-VanDy

 

[jaybee]

I had a long response typed up but accidentally hit the back button and erased it.... ugh.... anyhow -

Long story short, if you look on some hot rodding websites, what the guys do basically is build a radiator out of pipes after the output of the compressor, or use an old tank as a cooling tank and also you can put a "spitter" valve off a semi truck to automagically purge.

 

[Skylane81E]

I think you are just going to have to drain, and drain frequently. All I did with mine yesterday was a compression check and some spark plugs and I still picked up a lot of water.

 

[tmyers]

Install a solenoid valve and put it on a timer to bleed for 60 seconds every two or three hours.