Does everyone really need a extra filter system on their PCP compressor?

Years ago. In the electrical utility trade we had high pressure pneumatic breakers that I would measure the moisture of the air and an insulating gas called SF6. I had charts that would show PPMV = to -C readings. I can't find my chart. But I do remember 20 PPMV was nice and dry. When I get around some of the old maintenance stuff. I will try to find the answer.
 
Here is the math I came up with: (Please bear with the mixed imperial and metric units, it works out in the end)

100% relative humidity at 70F has a water concentration of 19.5 grams per cubic meter (I found that on the internet so it must be true)

A 30 minute SCBA tank compressed has 45 cubic feet

There are 35.31 cubic feet in a cubic meter

So there is 1.27 cubic meters in a 30 minute SCBA

At 100% relative humidity there is 1.27 X 19.5 = 24.765 grams of water

At 8% relative humidity: 24.765 X 0.08 = 1.981 grams (since water generally has a density of 1, grams and ml would be the same)

So basically there is about 2 milliliters of water that potentially could get in the bottle. 

I have no idea how efficient the oil/water separator is on a Yong Heng so let's guess 50%, that leaves 1 ml that gets into the bottle without anything beyond the separator.

The question then becomes, does any of that remaining water condense in the tank or gun to an extent that matters?


I think that your calculations are the most likely to be in the ballpark. The mistakes made by others are made by using absolute concentrations rather than relative humidity. There is a huge difference in these values.
 
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