Tom Veatch wrote in message
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On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 05:11:22 GMT, Lew Hodgett
wrote:


If you dry the air going into the compressor, you'll have dry air in
the storage tank. The compressor doesn't create water.

Consider this. Given the proper sized compressor the amount of air being
dried on the "exhaust side" is much less than the air on the "in take" side.
The dryer would have to dry much faster on the intake side. Typically with
the correct sized compressor for the task at hand the exhaust side releases
air at a smaller CFM than the intake side. Additionally, the compressor
tank catches a majority of the water and lessens the work on the dryer.