This may have been discussed before? Gx2 unscrew the handle/ intake. Shove the filter to the bottom. Fill with color indicating silica gel beads. Seems to work, can't hurt!
then you have to dry the beads in your oven ? i would have enough beads to fill multi times ?Suppose it depends on your location. Mine just starting to turn color after about 1 hour use! Anyhow, can't hurt, right?
I bought these on the internet, less than $20 iirc for about a half gallon. Takes maybe 1/8 cup? I just microwave them in a cup for 10 minutes on thaw. Let em cool then dump em back in. Not as good as a post compression dryer, but it's cheap and seems to help.then you have to dry the beads in your oven ? i would have enough beads to fill multi times ?
How would removing the moisture before compression be useless? The less water the incoming air has in it, the less water will precipitate out under heat and pressure.Seems to be a lot of back and forth on this idea. Many say drying on the intake side is nearly useless and some claim the opposite. Leads me to at least believe whatever is on the output side is much more important.
I think the point of the argument against is that the air moves so fast that the moisture removal is ineffective.How would removing the moisture before compression be useless? The less water the incoming air has in it, the less water will precipitate out under heat and pressure.
Depends on the compressor, eh? With an Omega or CS4, I would imagine that m0isture removal. I've tried it, and my beads turned color in one fill (though it was a low volume cartridge; if I ever decided to set up a viable pre-filter, it will be at least 4 feet, maybe 6, of 1.2-2" PVC pipe.I think the point of the argument against is that the air moves so fast that the moisture removal is ineffective.
One big thing to understand is that "drying" air is not about removing condensed water (like what comes out when one vent the traps in a compressor), but it means removing the water vapor that has not condensed out into liquid. It is important to do this on air that comes out of a compressor, before it goes into a reservoir, because that air charge coming out of a compressor is always going to be hotter than ambient temperature - thus it will carry water vapor in it that will condense out into liquid water after it cools down to ambient. Just trapping the liquid water is not enough.I think the point of the argument against is that the air moves so fast that the moisture removal is ineffective.