[Shop-talk] the continuing water saga

[Scott Hall]

No thoughts on what you should get other than I was just thinking to ask 
the same question of the list--and about making my own, too.

I'm about to upgrade to a bigger compressor and was thinking of making 
an intercooler to put between the compressor and the tank.  Basically 
remove the copper line and plumb it instead to an old a/c A-frame 
condenser sunk in a 55-gallon drum of water.  Or maybe skip the water 
and just have a fan blow over the A-frame?  Then a water trap between 
the 'intercooler' setup and the tank?

I'm not married to that setup specifically, more asking opinions on the 
merits of desiccating the water before it gets to the tank.  We 
more-or-less stay near 100% humidity here most of the year, and I was 
hoping to spare the tank some rust if I could.  Would I be crippling my 
ultimate output pressure or flow with something like that?

On 8/14/2011 6:19 PM, malaboge at aol.com wrote:
> well I pulled the drain in the bottom of the tank and gave it the finger...up
> the hole that is...no tube or anything obstructing the interior.  Actually
> only got a few drops of water out of the tank when I removed the drain.  To
> empty the tank I hooked up a blow gun and let it run down.  About half way
> thru the tank, the air gun was blowing a nice mist of water out the end...and
> yes I've even taken the hose out and laid on the hill in full sunshine for a
> day to dry it out as well!
>
> Guess I'm gonna buy one of the refrigerated driers.  It seems easier than the
> desiccant units as there is no maintenance to them...any thoughts?