At 3000+ psi? LOL, no. Even if you barely cracked it, moisture in the bottom will expel quickly. Two or three SHORT bursts and all the water is gone.
This, I have never gotten any noticeable moisture from the filter itself. Only the bottom of the compressor.
Why is it when I release the pressure from the two bleed valves on my GX filter ( lower first, then upper) then open the bleed valve on my compressor I get no release of any pressure at all from the compressor?
At that point all the pressure is gone from the system. Because I have never gotten moisture from the filter itself I don’t do what gx says to do. When done filling I give the bottom valve on the filter a cpl of quick opens/blasts. Then I bleed the majority of the pressure from the compressor valve itself, ensuring the water down there gets evacuated.
I get no water from the filter either. Lots of pressure , but no water. So you open the bottom bleed valve of the filter first, then the compressor bleed valve? Then do you open the upper filter bleed valve last? I get lots of normal pressure release from both the filter valves.
Yes exactly. I give a cpl quick blasts out of the bottom filter valve first so I don’t bleed all the air from the system. After the quick blasts I then dump the rest of the air at the compressor to blast out any moisture down there. Then open the top filter bleed valve to release the tiny bit of air up there.
Because you... released all the pressure! (Opening the bottom filter valve or the compressor bleed valve is the same thing, in terms of pressure, but NOT waterl). I open the compressor valve first, then the bottom filter valve, and then the upper filter valve. This way, I empty the compressor of water (primary separator), then the bottom of the filter (secondary and less water), then the pressure from the top of the filter to the gun/tank (no water).
Do you get any pressure release from the bottom filter bleed valve after you open the compressor bleed valve first?
Take it easy friend. Deep breath. Yeah, I understand it all. Just questioning the order of the bleed valve releases.GX video showed them draining the lower bleed valve of the filter first then the upper, with the compressor bleed valve last. Thats why I asked. But I’ll follow the friendly advice from the gentlemen that answered me above. Carry on.
My Omega Supercharger compressor is in an air conditioned garage which stays around 70 deg and 40-50% humidity. The GX filter is stuck to the side of the compressor using the supplied magnets. It is about 1 ft below the compressor outlet. Upon receipt I disassembled the filter to take a look at how things go together inside and see how the media was packed in the cartridge. Very easy to disassemble and get to the filter element. It was loosely packed so I added some more and put it back together. Since the filter inlet is at its bottom and the compressor outlet is on top of the unit I expected there to be some moisture accumulation at the low points, which is the compressor plumbing and inside the bottom of the filter in this case. I filled a 2l bottle from 0 to 300b. The compressor self-purges every 10 minutes for approximately two seconds. It took about 20 minutes to fill the bottle to 300b. I momentarily cracked the filter's bottom drain first and was rewarded with a healthy shot of water on the floor outward from there. Next I released the compressor's drain and saw the usual light vapor blast from the back outlet. Released the tank's relief valve next which let me disconnect the air line and inspect it for any visible moisture (post-filter). Nothing! Come to think of it, I don't recall even touching the filter's upper drain valve to depressurize the system. Just the filter bottom, compressor and tank valves.
Thanks for the reply. Very helpful. I always fill in an air conditioned room also. I have my compressor ( filter attached with supplied magnets to the side of it too ) on the floor and my gun on the table above it when filling.
Yes sir, because I do it pretty quickly, so as to take advantage of the air in the system. Crack the compressor bleed valve, and air/water begin to purge. Immediately crack the bottom filter valve, and air (with a tiny amount of water) begins to purge. Let them go untll the air eqalizes, then I open the upper filter valve to drain the air from the filter to the gun.
