Recent content by saabracer23

I’m sorry, what did you mean exactly in the first paragraph? Basically I’ll be spraying powder coat, automotive paints/clear coat, and an array of wood finishes like polyurethane, lacquers, etc. Dan

Okay thank you. I think what I’m going to do it first take the filter out of the IR case just to see it’s seeing any moisture. But I’ll put the Walker just before the IR to collect moisture before the air goes to the IR. Thank you for the link on the desiccant filter. I may look into DIY options...

I know that with how I baby this setup that the tank will outlast me. In my mind the best scenario would be preventing water from getting to the tank, I figure if water isn’t sitting at the bottom of the tank it won’t evaporate into the air, meaning dryer air. For now I’ll set the valve at the...

I did not install it yet, you are correct. If I’m remembering correctly you are the one that suggested the Walker. Yes, originally I did not want water in the tank which is why the Walker folks said that between the intercooler and tank would be a great place for the filter as long as the pipe...

Thank you for the suggestion, after many people suggesting the same thing I think that’s where it’ll go. Dan

Honestly, breaking into that pipe wouldn’t be too hard at all. There is plenty of room. I too figured the air would be warm as well, after the 22-23 minute run at 130ish psi I was super cautious about touching the pipe. I figured it would be quite warm, but it was barely above ambient temp. I...

Thank you, I saw your suggestion in my other thread. So if I put it on the output of the tank you think the air will overall be dryer? I was trying to eliminate water from entering the tank, but if I can get dryer air by putting it after the tank then that makes more sense. I’m after the...

What you say does make sense. I called Walker directly and talked to a couple of folks including engineers of the filter. We discussed my goal, keeping as much water as possible from reaching the tank. It’s easy enough to drain the tank, but if I get dry air into the tank I’ll never have to...

Other then the pipe temp is there another reason not to place it there? Of course if the pipe got hot it would be a very poor place to use it. Dan

I will say that the copper pipe going from the top of the pump into the intercooler was very hot, would have easily taken skin from my fingers if I had let it. Dan

Well as I mentioned I have another thread regarding the whole setup and I mentioned in it that after the 22 minute run it was no warmer than picking up a length of copper pipe that was sitting in Home Depot (since the air in the store is warmer than outside on a given day. So yeah, I held the...

Can you tell me why? Walker said that it was an appropriate place to install it. It was shown in another thread that after a constant run of 22 minutes at 120-140 psi in the tank that the pipe going into the tank was only 15 degrees above ambient temp. It was 49 in the garage and the pipe was...

Which method would you choose to plumb in this compressor filter? I was just going to tear into it tonight, but I got cold feet and thought I should ask first. It’s a Walker centrifugal water separator and it goes in between the output of the inter cooler and the input of the tank. So there is...

I decided to check for moisture in the long line since I gave it the hardest workout that it’s had. I opened up the first drip line, the one just before the the bend and first filter. There was definitely moisture, not a lot, but it made my hand wet. You can see the sheen I also opened the...

Thanks! The ambient temp was high 40s, let’s say 49. Yeah like I said, after 22 minutes of running solid with a tank pressure if 130ish average psi the outlet pipe feeding into the tank was just a bit warmer than the ambient. My phone was saying in the range of 60-65 and I’d believe that to be...