Great plain n simple water removal video Mike. I laugh every time I see rows of bare, naked, expensive copper tubing & bottom fittings/valves on someones wall declared "the best water seperator ever". When did engineers abandon finless radiators...1905? Every radiator has thousands of fins (= many square feet of surface area) to spreadout & expose the heat to the airflow to transfer the heat into the air! The 1st time I saw a DIY system on a 7 hp/80 gal. air comp. to battle sand blaster clogging, was on Chevahaulic YT channel, where he used a big cars AC condenser, cleaned internally & installed in his air sys right after the comp. head, problem Solved! Without cooling the vaporized water/steam passes right through a water seperator, to cool later where we Don't want it to! The most comprehensive 3 part series I have found on YT was by engineer Doug Kronemeyer for a hobby sized system slightly bigger than yours. Details of how & why for each step he did in his full system for bone dry air in Florida! Thanks again Sir! Paul from S. Central Tx.
Thanks Mike... just what I needed to know. I'm looking to use an old window ac condenser as an after cooler. My tank is probably about 20 gallons or so, so this video is just what the doctor ordered. Thumbs Up..
Good idea. It's cool seeing how much water is in the water trap as it cools down. You can see the droplets collecting showing all the water that is "Not" going into the tank and/or into your tool. Especially something like my plasma cutter.
Just bought the 29gal McGraw, and definitely need to add an aftercooler. I noticed on my 29gal (bet yours is the same) they moved the drain valve near the front for easier access, but it's actually a design flaw since now the valve isn't actually at the lowest point of the tank. After looking at it, I opened the valve until no more water came out, then I leaned the compressor, and more water drained out, just something to keep in mind, I'm going to make a video showing it shortly. I like your air filter mod! Thanks for the video!
I definitely like using the after cooler. And with the water trap BEFORE it enters the main tank, I get basically zero water in my tank. All of my desiccant beads in my desiccant dryer inline of my hose all stay blue now. I use to have to dry or replace the desiccant beads about once a month. Now, it's 3 months later and the beads are still blue.
Great vid, thanks. I noticed you have no fan on the cooler? Apart from stopping moisture getting in the tank, any reason not to add the cooler after the pump (kinda like those guys that use rows of copper tubing to condense out moisture)?
@@kevinwells768 there are fans on the cooler. I bought 2 each 120vac fans. I think they’re like 4” each. They are attached to the cooler just like on a car radiator. They are between the cooler and the compressor. Being 120vac I have them wired into the compressor switch so when the compressor kicks on, so do the fans. But for many people, the fans probably aren’t necessary, but I wanted them on for extra cooling. But they are there.
Love your work . Thanks for your time on this
Great plain n simple water removal video Mike. I laugh every time I see rows of bare, naked, expensive copper tubing & bottom fittings/valves on someones wall declared "the best water seperator ever". When did engineers abandon finless radiators...1905? Every radiator has thousands of fins (= many square feet of surface area) to spreadout & expose the heat to the airflow to transfer the heat into the air! The 1st time I saw a DIY system on a 7 hp/80 gal. air comp. to battle sand blaster clogging, was on Chevahaulic YT channel, where he used a big cars AC condenser, cleaned internally & installed in his air sys right after the comp. head, problem Solved! Without cooling the vaporized water/steam passes right through a water seperator, to cool later where we Don't want it to!
The most comprehensive 3 part series I have found on YT was by engineer Doug Kronemeyer for a hobby sized system slightly bigger than yours. Details of how & why for each step he did in his full system for bone dry air in Florida! Thanks again Sir! Paul from S. Central Tx.
Thanks Mike... just what I needed to know. I'm looking to use an old window ac condenser as an after cooler. My tank is probably about 20 gallons or so, so this video is just what the doctor ordered. Thumbs Up..
Good idea. It's cool seeing how much water is in the water trap as it cools down. You can see the droplets collecting showing all the water that is "Not" going into the tank and/or into your tool. Especially something like my plasma cutter.
Just bought the 29gal McGraw, and definitely need to add an aftercooler. I noticed on my 29gal (bet yours is the same) they moved the drain valve near the front for easier access, but it's actually a design flaw since now the valve isn't actually at the lowest point of the tank. After looking at it, I opened the valve until no more water came out, then I leaned the compressor, and more water drained out, just something to keep in mind, I'm going to make a video showing it shortly. I like your air filter mod!
Thanks for the video!
I definitely like using the after cooler. And with the water trap BEFORE it enters the main tank, I get basically zero water in my tank. All of my desiccant beads in my desiccant dryer inline of my hose all stay blue now. I use to have to dry or replace the desiccant beads about once a month. Now, it's 3 months later and the beads are still blue.
Great vid, thanks. I noticed you have no fan on the cooler? Apart from stopping moisture getting in the tank, any reason not to add the cooler after the pump (kinda like those guys that use rows of copper tubing to condense out moisture)?
@@kevinwells768 there are fans on the cooler. I bought 2 each 120vac fans. I think they’re like 4” each. They are attached to the cooler just like on a car radiator. They are between the cooler and the compressor. Being 120vac I have them wired into the compressor switch so when the compressor kicks on, so do the fans. But for many people, the fans probably aren’t necessary, but I wanted them on for extra cooling. But they are there.
Great video! who makes that water separator with the automatic drain??
There are plenty of them. The one I’m using is made by THB model W80. Comes in 1/4, 3/8, or 1/2” npt