[Shop-talk] Looking to buy a compressor

[Mark Andy]

Howdy,

Are you painting or in a super high humidity environment or something?  My
experience with compressors is that mostly I can remember to drain the tank
every now and then and it all "just works" without any elaborate coolers /
separators / whatever.

YMMV.

Mark

On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 11:53 AM Darrell Walker <darrellw360 at mac.com> wrote:

>
> The transmission cooler I’m looking to use is a "stacked plate” design,
> and has a pressure rating of 200 PSI.  It says it has a 29,200 BTU rating:
>
> https://www.summitracing.com/parts/BMM-70274
>
> I do plan to put a small box fan to blow through it as well.
>
> Here are some pictures, but these all seem to be between the compressor
> and tank, mine will be mounted on the wall after the tank.
>
>
> https://www.cnccookbook.com/aftercooling-a-compressor-to-cut-down-on-moisture/
>
>
> -Darrell
>
>
> On Aug 12, 2020, at 8:35 AM, Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Good point.  I hadn't thought of air flow rate.  Hook several in parallel?
>
> On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 11:26 AM DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey at cs.com> wrote:
>
>> That's a clever idea.  It is an excellent heat exchanger and is good for
>> the pressure.  But it could restrict air flow.  Most are just a long,
>> serpentine tube with fins.  It all depends on what air tools you are
>> using.  It is possible that you couldn't run a sand blast cabinet through
>> it.  But you could hook up the high volume users to bypass the cooler and
>> save the dry air for the tools that need it.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate at gmail.com>
>> To: shop-talk at autox.team.net <Shop-talk at autox.team.net>
>> Sent: Wed, Aug 12, 2020 10:12 am
>> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Looking to buy a compressor
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 11:08 AM Pat Horne <patintexas at icloud.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I’d be concerned with using a transmission cooler for an aIr cooler
>> because they are not designed for pressure use. I wouldn’t think a trans
>> cooler would need to be rated at more than 10psi.
>>
>>
>> An air conditioner condenser would probably be better.  It even has
>> "condenser" in the name....
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