I've found what is causing my pressure warning light problem. The
moisture filter I purchased with the cutter gets waterlogged after 30
to 45 min of continuous cutting. I have to pull out the ceramic
filter and blow it out with air. I am going to purchase a backup
filter and switch it out when the pressure light goes on. Good luck.

Jcoyote fired this volley in news:453bbb94-
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The
moisture filter I purchased with the cutter gets waterlogged after 30
to 45 min of continuous cutting.

You probably need a bigger water separator ahead of that unit. A dryer
isn't always necessary, but a big honkin' coalescing separator might do
the trick.

We have a lot of humidity here in Florida, so I spent a few bucks (much
less than a dryer, though), and ran an 80' length of 3/4" iron pipe along
one wall of the barn, tilted to about, oh, an inch per foot. I have a
small collector tank at the low end with a drain, and the house supply
takes off the top end. I never (ever) get any liquid water at the
equipment end, but sometimes several quarts a day out of the drip tank.
I had a coalescing filter at the compressor outlet, but the bowl was too
small, and it got saturated often. I find that with all the goo that
grows in warm, wet air lines, the float-actuated automatic drains aren't
all that reliable -- most have tiny drain valve openings. Some day,
maybe I'll get a timer-driven drain with a big enough valve to bleed out
the rats'n'bats, too.

LLoyd

Jcoyote wrote:
I've found what is causing my pressure warning light problem. The
moisture filter I purchased with the cutter gets waterlogged after 30
to 45 min of continuous cutting. I have to pull out the ceramic
filter and blow it out with air. I am going to purchase a backup
filter and switch it out when the pressure light goes on. Good luck.

Trucks with air brake systems, at least here in Europe I would expect
the US to do similar, use dessicant dryers and have automatic purge
cycles to blow the collected water out of the dessicant. The systems
have a separate small purge tank used for the blow down. A mate used to
work for a company that designed air brakes and I have an air dryer
that one day may be plumbed into my air system, a number of compressors
as well although they are mostly water cooled and require a pressure oil
feed, easy when connected to a big diesel engine.

Maybe you can rig a similar system with your filters.

Lloyd E. Sponenburgh wrote:
Jcoyote fired this volley in news:453bbb94-
:

The
moisture filter I purchased with the cutter gets waterlogged after 30
to 45 min of continuous cutting.

You probably need a bigger water separator ahead of that unit. A dryer
isn't always necessary, but a big honkin' coalescing separator might do
the trick.

We have a lot of humidity here in Florida, so I spent a few bucks (much
less than a dryer, though), and ran an 80' length of 3/4" iron pipe along
one wall of the barn, tilted to about, oh, an inch per foot. I have a
small collector tank at the low end with a drain, and the house supply
takes off the top end. I never (ever) get any liquid water at the
equipment end, but sometimes several quarts a day out of the drip tank.
I had a coalescing filter at the compressor outlet, but the bowl was too
small, and it got saturated often. I find that with all the goo that
grows in warm, wet air lines, the float-actuated automatic drains aren't
all that reliable -- most have tiny drain valve openings. Some day,
maybe I'll get a timer-driven drain with a big enough valve to bleed out
the rats'n'bats, too.

LLoyd

Easy to DIY one. I used a solenoid valve and a modified water timer. The
timer triggers the solenoid on 2 seconds every 2 hours. The discharge
runs outside into a gravel pit. Nice and quiet.

--
Steve W.

On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:26:35 -0500, "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh"
lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote:

Jcoyote fired this volley in news:453bbb94-
:

The
moisture filter I purchased with the cutter gets waterlogged after 30
to 45 min of continuous cutting.

You probably need a bigger water separator ahead of that unit. A dryer
isn't always necessary, but a big honkin' coalescing separator might do
the trick.

We have a lot of humidity here in Florida, so I spent a few bucks (much
less than a dryer, though), and ran an 80' length of 3/4" iron pipe along
one wall of the barn, tilted to about, oh, an inch per foot. I have a
small collector tank at the low end with a drain, and the house supply
takes off the top end. I never (ever) get any liquid water at the
equipment end, but sometimes several quarts a day out of the drip tank.
I had a coalescing filter at the compressor outlet, but the bowl was too
small, and it got saturated often. I find that with all the goo that
grows in warm, wet air lines, the float-actuated automatic drains aren't
all that reliable -- most have tiny drain valve openings. Some day,
maybe I'll get a timer-driven drain with a big enough valve to bleed out
the rats'n'bats, too.

Iffen you're getting rats'n'bats in the output, perhaps it's time to
check your -intake- filtering, too, Lloyd. chortle

--
Not merely an absence of noise, Real Silence begins
when a reasonable being withdraws from the noise in
order to find peace and order in his inner sanctuary.
-- Peter Minard

On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 08:18:01 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:26:35 -0500, "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh"
lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote:

Jcoyote fired this volley in news:453bbb94-
:

The
moisture filter I purchased with the cutter gets waterlogged after 30
to 45 min of continuous cutting.

You probably need a bigger water separator ahead of that unit. A dryer
isn't always necessary, but a big honkin' coalescing separator might do
the trick.

We have a lot of humidity here in Florida, so I spent a few bucks (much
less than a dryer, though), and ran an 80' length of 3/4" iron pipe along
one wall of the barn, tilted to about, oh, an inch per foot. I have a
small collector tank at the low end with a drain, and the house supply
takes off the top end. I never (ever) get any liquid water at the
equipment end, but sometimes several quarts a day out of the drip tank.
I had a coalescing filter at the compressor outlet, but the bowl was too
small, and it got saturated often. I find that with all the goo that
grows in warm, wet air lines, the float-actuated automatic drains aren't
all that reliable -- most have tiny drain valve openings. Some day,
maybe I'll get a timer-driven drain with a big enough valve to bleed out
the rats'n'bats, too.

Iffen you're getting rats'n'bats in the output, perhaps it's time to
check your -intake- filtering, too, Lloyd. chortle


VBG

Which does bring to mind..what is a good filter for an air compressor?

Mine all have 1.5" input ports..so what is a good long term filter unit?

Gunner


I am the Sword of my Family
and the Shield of my Nation.
If sent, I will crush everything you have built,
burn everything you love,
and kill every one of you.
(Hebrew quote)

Gunner Asch fired this volley in
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Which does bring to mind..what is a good filter for an air compressor?

Mine all have 1.5" input ports..so what is a good long term filter
unit?

Gunner

Gunny, I built my own compressor. The pump didn't have any elements in
the filter cans, so I built a new "collector" can with a K&N automotive
filter, and two output lines to the two first-stage cylinders.

It's so big I don't have to clean it any more often than about once every
six months.

LLoyd

On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 08:43:00 -0700, Gunner Asch
wrote:

On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 08:18:01 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:26:35 -0500, "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh"
lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote:

Jcoyote fired this volley in news:453bbb94-
:

The
moisture filter I purchased with the cutter gets waterlogged after 30
to 45 min of continuous cutting.

You probably need a bigger water separator ahead of that unit. A dryer
isn't always necessary, but a big honkin' coalescing separator might do
the trick.

We have a lot of humidity here in Florida, so I spent a few bucks (much
less than a dryer, though), and ran an 80' length of 3/4" iron pipe along
one wall of the barn, tilted to about, oh, an inch per foot. I have a
small collector tank at the low end with a drain, and the house supply
takes off the top end. I never (ever) get any liquid water at the
equipment end, but sometimes several quarts a day out of the drip tank.
I had a coalescing filter at the compressor outlet, but the bowl was too
small, and it got saturated often. I find that with all the goo that
grows in warm, wet air lines, the float-actuated automatic drains aren't
all that reliable -- most have tiny drain valve openings. Some day,
maybe I'll get a timer-driven drain with a big enough valve to bleed out
the rats'n'bats, too.

Iffen you're getting rats'n'bats in the output, perhaps it's time to
check your -intake- filtering, too, Lloyd. chortle


VBG

Which does bring to mind..what is a good filter for an air compressor?

Mine all have 1.5" input ports..so what is a good long term filter unit?

AFTER all the baffling and/or muffling which keeps the noise down (an
absolute MUST in my book) one of these would look nice:
http://fwd4.me/eNI Don't you just looooove "billet" in the name?

Ackshully, any paper filter (or K&N) with the housing necked down to
the diameter should work nicely...as long as your environmental air
isn't heavily riddled with oil. Got oil-based coolant misters? Try
one of the oiled foam air cleaners. It'd self-oil.

--
Not merely an absence of noise, Real Silence begins
when a reasonable being withdraws from the noise in
order to find peace and order in his inner sanctuary.
-- Peter Minard

On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 07:55:34 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 08:43:00 -0700, Gunner Asch
wrote:

On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 08:18:01 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:26:35 -0500, "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh"
lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote:

Jcoyote fired this volley in news:453bbb94-
:

The
moisture filter I purchased with the cutter gets waterlogged after 30
to 45 min of continuous cutting.

You probably need a bigger water separator ahead of that unit. A dryer
isn't always necessary, but a big honkin' coalescing separator might do
the trick.

We have a lot of humidity here in Florida, so I spent a few bucks (much
less than a dryer, though), and ran an 80' length of 3/4" iron pipe along
one wall of the barn, tilted to about, oh, an inch per foot. I have a
small collector tank at the low end with a drain, and the house supply
takes off the top end. I never (ever) get any liquid water at the
equipment end, but sometimes several quarts a day out of the drip tank.
I had a coalescing filter at the compressor outlet, but the bowl was too
small, and it got saturated often. I find that with all the goo that
grows in warm, wet air lines, the float-actuated automatic drains aren't
all that reliable -- most have tiny drain valve openings. Some day,
maybe I'll get a timer-driven drain with a big enough valve to bleed out
the rats'n'bats, too.

Iffen you're getting rats'n'bats in the output, perhaps it's time to
check your -intake- filtering, too, Lloyd. chortle


VBG

Which does bring to mind..what is a good filter for an air compressor?

Mine all have 1.5" input ports..so what is a good long term filter unit?

AFTER all the baffling and/or muffling which keeps the noise down (an
absolute MUST in my book) one of these would look nice:
http://fwd4.me/eNI Don't you just looooove "billet" in the name?

Ackshully, any paper filter (or K&N) with the housing necked down to
the diameter should work nicely...as long as your environmental air
isn't heavily riddled with oil. Got oil-based coolant misters? Try
one of the oiled foam air cleaners. It'd self-oil.

I put my air compressor a good 60' away from my shop space, under cover.
A master control box engages contactors for lights, RPC, vfd and
compressor.

I hate hearing air compressors kicking on and off all night long while
Im working metal.

Gunner


I am the Sword of my Family
and the Shield of my Nation.
If sent, I will crush everything you have built,
burn everything you love,
and kill every one of you.
(Hebrew quote)