Ideas for Compressor Fill Station Setup?

[Jerkeejoe]

So, I got my compressor and filter set up today. It will have a permanent home in a more convenient place later, but here’s what I came up with. Compressor to Brancato filter to bleed valve to fill whip.

I think I’m going to add an on off valve after the filter and before the bleed valve so that I can keep the filter pressurized in case I’m filling several guns in a row. That way I don’t have to wait for the pressure to build up in the filter between guns.

 

[winter]

It's been about two weeks since I put my small home compressor station into operation. The main compressor is Yong Heng and the backup compressor is Tuxing. Important are quality filters - (oil, water separator) and a sufficient amount of coolant, which is used to cool the compressor. I'm still waiting for a coolant flow indicator, which also measures the coolant temperature at the outlet.

 

[student]

awesome set up....very clean looking

may i ask, i was under the impression that the bottle or platform being filled should be placed at a level higher than the compressor? is that not applicable here...or am I misunderstanding the general principle? not trying to be critical...just trying to learn

 

[rut]

awesome set up....very clean looking

may i ask, i was under the impression that the bottle or platform being filled should be placed at a level higher than the compressor? is that not applicable here...or am I misunderstanding the general principle? not trying to be critical...just trying to learn

That’s what I always thought also. I have my gun standing on its bipod on a table top with the compressor and filter (s) below it.

 

[BSJ]

If you are worried about water flowing down hill, you're doing it wrong.

 

[student]

would you perhaps mind expounding upon that statement

i would like to learn/understand

thank you

 

[winter]

awesome set up....very clean looking

may i ask, i was under the impression that the bottle or platform being filled should be placed at a level higher than the compressor? is that not applicable here...or am I misunderstanding the general principle? not trying to be critical...just trying to learn

It makes sense, but I rely on quality filtration and regular draining of water and oil.

 

[BSJ]

would you perhaps mind expounding upon that statement

i would like to learn/understand

thank you

There are literally hundreds of threads already discussing propper air drying...

Bottom line. Only truly dry air should be going into the gun or tank. If there is the slightest possibility that water could be flowing through the lines and that you must use gravity to prevent it from getting into a tank, your air is not dry.

 

[student]

yes of course...thank you....i should have specified that i was referring to Winter's impressive construct ....who kindly responded as well