"carl mciver" wrote in message
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| So, what difference would there be if I were just to hang it from the
| wall in my garage, with some airspace around it (hell, even tilted away
from
| the wall a bit) and let it work as a passive device? My compressor is
just
| a 5hp with a 20 gallon tank.
| I've got one or two condensers from a couple cars I've parted out.
How
| worth it is to plumb one between the compressor and the tank? I'd have to
| attach it to the tank somehow, but wouldn't that be more efficient than on
| the outlet of the tank? There would have to be a large pipe to act as a
| collection point, and it would be a heck of a lot easier to get to for
| emptying instead of reaching to the bottom and having it splatter crap all
| over the floor!

I just drug it out to see how well it flowed and to blow it out. Pretty
decent condenser, but wouldn't flow near as much as the airline I was
blowing out with. I could either get a second one or find a bigger one.
I'll have to visit a junkyard and see what's out there.