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 From:  JimK (JUSTTHE4OFUS)
 To:  John (ICTJOHN) 
3540.10 In reply to 3540.9 

Good one!

Solid stain, starts Weds weather permitting. One of my sons track coaches moonloights (daylights?) as a house painter. I buy paint the boys and I get to help. Gets done w/o waiting for me and for less $. Good all around.

Jim Kenndy, Sr.
Just the 4 of Us Engraving
York, Maine

 

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 From:  RALLYGUY (RALLYGUY1)
 To:  JimK (JUSTTHE4OFUS) 
3540.11 In reply to 3540.6 

Some oil is common....Don't worry yet, but get a seperator if you don't have one....it will take care of both the oil and water.....

Empty the tank regularly......The space the water takes up in the tank will make the compressor run more often with a shorter dwell cycle.....The starting is the hardest on the electrical components, and having a tank half full of water creates more start cycles for the same volume of air use.....

Good luck with the new toy..... ;) 

Brian G.

 

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 From:  JimK (JUSTTHE4OFUS)
 To:  RALLYGUY (RALLYGUY1) 
3540.12 In reply to 3540.11 

Brian,
Thanks! Any idea where I'd look for a seperator or is a water filter good enough?

JimK

Jim Kenndy, Sr.
Just the 4 of Us Engraving
York, Maine

 

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 From:  RALLYGUY (RALLYGUY1)
 To:  JimK (JUSTTHE4OFUS) 
3540.13 In reply to 3540.12 

The water filter is a seperator....it will seperate the oil and water from the air line. It is better to put the seperator at the end of the line near the point of use. It allows the cooling and condensation of the air to occur prior to the point of use then....

Some systems use chillers to help with this....You probably won't need one unless you find you are having problems removing the water from the system.


Brian

 

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 From:  JimK (JUSTTHE4OFUS)
 To:  RALLYGUY (RALLYGUY1) 
3540.14 In reply to 3540.13 
OK, good stuff. I think I should be good then. I have a regulator/filter combo at 15 feet from the compressor and then 10 feet from there to the cabinet and there is another filter built-in to the cabinet at the regulator where the blast pressure is adjusted. Two filters and the long run should allow for most water and oil which is heavier to be removed. I am wondering if the first filter should be at a dip in the line (lower than the rest of the line). Since its not a permanent install yet, I can try a couple configurations.

Thanks to everyone, once again the forum proves its worth. And to think I doubted Al Gore when he invented the Internet!

Jim

Jim Kenndy, Sr.
Just the 4 of Us Engraving
York, Maine

 

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 From:  Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY)
 To:  JimK (JUSTTHE4OFUS) 
3540.15 In reply to 3540.14 
In theory the line would be best if it ran downhill at 1/2" per 10'. But on an installation like this it really does not matter. As long as the filters are not installed at a high point in the line you ate fine. If it were a high pressure steam line then the slight downhill would be important.

Philadelphia, PA (Really Bensalem)

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