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General control line discussion => Open Forum => Topic started by: Bootlegger on March 30, 2009, 12:08:47 PM
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#^ Guy's seem's that I read here on the hanger that someone had a dessicant hose that they used to trap excess water , now I can't find the info. I thought that it was at this address tcbglobal.
Couldn't find it...
Any help sure will be appreciated... H^^
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Thanks Ty, I'll look into those.. Thanks again.... H^^
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Harbor Freight also sells a combo Regulator / oiler / water trap that you can put on you air hose. It is usually on sale for $20. Leave the oiler dry and you have a regulator / water trap for spraying.
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Here it is:
http://www.tcpglobal.com/spraygundepot/itemdetail.aspx?itemno=DEV+130502
The filter traps only remove water droplets. This reduces the water content down to a very low level. They also make wall mount systems with replaceable dessicant.
IIRC dessicants can get down to dew points of like -30.
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Guy's I appreciate all the help with this. #^
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Most machine shops I've worked in had their air piped up to the ceiling, then down to the floor, with a water drain there. A horizontal leg would be tapped off the down leg about at about chest height. The horizontal leg along the wall would have a rise to it, so that water would drain back to that down leg and the drain. This sort of thinking applies to our use, because it will take a lot of the water out of the air before it gets to your moisture filter. Your ambient humidity is a huge variable and may not be a problem in Tucson...or a real big problem in most of the Midwest, East, and SE. y1 Steve
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Remember though, without active moisture control, the air coming out the end will be basically 100% relative humidity. Cooling it ambient helps make sure you don't get droplets spitting out of the gun.
When I finish plumbing my shop for compressed air, I will have a refirgerated dryer after the compressor. Then a wall mounted dessicant system for painting.