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adding a oil cooler type radiator , or even several to the hot air lines leaving the compressor output , will allow you to cool and separate a great deal of the moisture from the compressed air
1963SS;3373681 said:
Does this happen to anyone else? Just a small compressor mishap. My compressor exploded and took out a wall between the woodworking side of the garage and the greasy side. I was about 10 feet away and I thought a Claymore mine had went off. The compressor left the floor, blew out the windows, broke the fluorescent tubes in the lights and tore up a plywood wall and studs it was beside.
There were things flying all over the garage from the force of the blow and the concussion......I guess. Never has anything like this happen in my last 71 years and I hope it doesn't happen again.
It appears that 30 years of moisture had made the bottom of the tank thinner (rust) than the rest of the tank and at 125 psi just ........ BOOM. Picture dynamite or popping the worlds biggest balloon. Geesh,.......time for an underwear change.
yes it not only happens occasionally, but its one of the major reasons that,
its strongly suggested you drain your compressor tanks before and after each use.
and use some method of separating out moisture from the compressed air before it enters the storage tanks, a heat ex-changer like a salvaged air conditioner evaporator radiator plumbed into the air lime between the compressor and air storage tank will help.
below you see what one guy fabricated, a high pressure radiator type oil cooler or air conditioning component heat ex-changer like a salvaged air conditioner evaporator radiator plumbed into the air lime between the compressor and air storage tank will help.
obviously adding a moisture drain valve will also help here
you can plumb in a heat exchanger like this from an older air conditioner,between the compressor and storage tank, mounted high on a wall so it does not take up floor space, wire the fan to come on when the compressor runs, adding a cheap fan helps condense the moisture,and allow it to drop out of the air mass before reaching the storage tank (s).
https://jniolon.classicpickup.com/compressorwatertrap/aircompressorwatertrap.htm
http://www.homedepot.com/Tools-Hardware ... Qs6Dmf6k1A
I bought two of these compressors, one was not enough to keep up with the flow required in my shop,I found that was the least expensive route to get a 120 gallon storage capacity and two compressors, be aware that one compressor will always tend to kick in a bit before the other one and the second compressor will kick in a couple psi lower no mater how you adjust the two.each compressor supports about 8cfm at 120 psi, keep in mind you'll want to install and AIR drier or any painting or sand blasting will quickly have moisture in the lines, you'll need to run a moisture separator, I fabricated mine for 4 air conditioning condensers so each compressor feeds a manifold that feeds all four condensers then returns to a manifold that feeds both 60 gallon storage tanks, the condensers have a electric fan to remove heat, read the link I supplied
each tank has a cut-off valve and separate drain, so it can be used isolated from the other if required.
the twin 60 gallon tanks act as a cushion, and having twin compressors helps also. but you'll obviously need two 220 volt circuits that each handle 15-20 amps MINIMUM.
remember the flow out of each compressor will be several hundred degrees (F) so you feed that into a shared manifold and that manifold feeds the condenser radiators, the fan, cools and condenses the moisture, the common manifold feeds the franzinator drain pipe assembly the franzinator acts as a moisture trap, which then allows dry air to be routed to the distribution pipe where you can use flex hose to the tools but even the air pipe should be arranged so any moisture will tend to run to a few multiple moisture drain points. as any moisture in the compressed air flow,will quickly cause problems with tools, or painting, or sand blasting jobs.
read thru these links