Water seperator

[slow-poke]

I picked up an almost new compressor yesterday; Sanborn, 60 gallon, 240V, 20A. I was keeping an eye out for an older slower one, but this one came up close by so I can stop searching.

I have a really cheap PA water separator from my old compressor but it is bottom of the bucket cheap I think it was $10 on sale, so I'm looking for something of decent quality that won't leak or break the bank, suggestions please.

At some point I plan to separate the motor and compressor from the tank and then put the tank in the basement and keep the noisy part in the garage, there will be about 10' of 3/4" copper between the two and that should help cool the charge. I'm not sure yet if I will locate the separator near the compressor or the tank, thoughts?

 

[Pevehouse]

Look at Stupid simple tools Megaflow. Just recently ran 3/4 copper lines throughout my garage and that is what I went with. So far so good

 

[Ulma Doctor]

I would put the separator closer to the tank

 

[Ed ke6bnl]

My favorite 1st item is a automatic tank blow down for bottom of tank.

 

[tq60]

Our compressor has an auto drain operated by the pressure relief from the switch.

Whenever the compressor stops, the relief valve dumps the air in the pump, this air is connected to an air operated valve that is connected to the bottom of the tank, it drains for less than a second every cycle.

It also has a radiator like device next to the compressor pulley between pump output and tank to cool the air.

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[Nesse1]

Compressor water separators are a world in themselves. The serious guys run copper pipe, create water traps in the routing, add water separators, etc. Someday I want to do this, but in the meantime, I've got one common separator by the tank, and another on my blast cabinet. When painting, a small separator on the gun.