I'm looking to run some airlines in my garage, I dont use a ton of air but I just picked up a chinese plasma and run my HF blaster occasionally. It's not in the cards to run an actual dryer. Is some black iron pipe with drop legs and a good desiccant filter enough? Any other budget methods?
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Originally posted by cagcig View PostI have 4' vertical legs with 3 drops with ball valves to empty drops and I still get moisture. Almost to the point of trying one of the HF dryers.88 Ford F-turd50 IDI CrawlerComment
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Originally posted by Toreadorranger View PostI'm looking to run some airlines in my garage, I dont use a ton of air but I just picked up a chinese plasma and run my HF blaster occasionally. It's not in the cards to run an actual dryer. Is some black iron pipe with drop legs and a good desiccant filter enough? Any other budget methods?Comment
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I bought a harbor fright water trap and a quart of rechargeable desiccant beads off of eBay to run my plasma.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/283327757232
https://www.harborfreight.com/indust...nit-68247.html
https://www.harborfreight.com/indust...nit-68247.html
https://www.ebay.com/itm/283327757232
Opened the canister up and up and packed the bead inside. Bought a short whip hose to run from the output back to the input to keep the unit sealed when not being used.Comment
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Being on the east coast, I don't think piping will be enough to draw moisture out of the air, not if the plasma is continuously used.
An after cooler inbetween your compressor outlet and tank is a good first step. You could build a franzinator if you wanted even cheaper. Even with that, I get moisture in my lines that catch in the filters/dryers.
Dessicant works, but you need a lot of it for it to last, and the air system needs to be tight so that the dessicant doesn't just waste away when you're not using it.1987 FJ60 "Moonshine" - 4BT+stuff
2004 F550 "Project Mayhem" - 6.0+stuffComment
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