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My Yong Heng setup

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Danoman3

Danoman3

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Wanted to share my compressor setup to hopefully inspire others.

It is sitting on the small Harbor Freight furniture dolly so it can be moved around easily.

List of components:

24W 800GPH aquarium pump

Hayden 1405 transmission cooler

Two Dollar General fans. (10" and 9")

Tuxing 50mm molecular sieve filter

Airmega 35mm molecular sieve filter 

PC water cooling flow indicator

3 slot power strip wired directly to compressor power cord

Steel scuba tank boot to hold air tank

5 gallon bucket of automotive anti freeze solution and Hy-Per cool additive



Transmission cooler has done an excellent job keeping the compressor indicated temps below 60 Celsius and a fast recovery during cool down cycles.

I wanted a self contained system that did not require ice and used a coolant additive to avoid corrosion.



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That is a fun setup! What was the total cost and hrs. to assemble?

Congratulations on a job well done.
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I'm too scared to sit down and count it all up but it's something over $550 for everything you see in the pictures. (Including the tank and fill hose assembly) I've spent the past three weeks tinkering around with it so probably 40 to 60 hours of fabrication and assembly.

Thanks for the compliment. 
 
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Nice touch with the fans and oil cooler, what does temp max out at ?
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61 Celsius indicated on the compressor is the highest I've seen so far. That's with an ambient room temp of 73 F while filling my 45 minute tank for the first time. That fan blowing into the back of the compressor really helped cool down the first stage piston. The stock fan doesn't move much air by itself. 
 
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Hey, whatever works! My setup is $365 last I recall? Including a better pressure gauge. Distilled water, water wetter, and factory water pump. 5 gal bucket is sealed, no ice. 1.5ft under the compressor, so water has to be pumped up to it. Never gets above 60 degrees. And I fill a 9 litre tank. 



Better to have and not need than to need and not have, haha. I feel you are over-equipped. But maybe you aren't? Haha

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The YH "fan" isn't a helical blade setup and doesn't seem to move much air. What amount it does move mostly exits out of the back of the case on mine and not forward toward the cylinders so your added fan is probably fighting that. I also used an added fan but I always had it blowing laterally across the cylinder area. The extra fan did always lower the operating temperature a lot though. I also used ice in the cooling water with excellent results but it is something to add in regularly so some inconvenience. The trans cooler is a good idea. Always more than one way to meet the goal.
 
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You should turn the cooler/blower combo around.

Now you're blowing hot air onto your bucket of cold water heating it up for no reason.

Just a suggestion ;-)
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Good catch. It never dawned on me about the air flow as I was trying to protect the cooler from damage facing it that way.

Truth be told though, the cooler is so efficient the water in the bucket never gets hot.
 
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