best way to keep water out of airlines?

thanx, blitch. that's what i wanted to know. do they make little tiny watertraps? cause my tanks and everything are under the bed, and are barely hidden by the roll pan

Edited: 7/25/2006 10:24:37 PM by lo82dime

goto tractor suply and get the little cambell hausfield water traps, they work really good,and their like 8 or 9 bux

yes and believe it or not they sell the campbell hausfeld ones at wally world. they are 1/4 in. should be the same size as your leader lines off yur comps..

water traps are correctly installed between the tank and the valves. You can put it between the compressor and the tank, but you will only catch a small percentage of the water. Compressed air is hot and it cools as it expands, the water trap volume is very small and the compressed air wont expand much there, the greatest expansion happens in the big volume of the air tank. You can run two, one after the compressor and another after the tank, but the one after the compressor still would not keep water out of your tank and therefore your valves. Look at home compressors, the water trap is on the outlet of the tank.

Water in the tank is inevitable because of the large volume and rapid cooling of the compressed air. If you dont want the tank to rust, get a stainless one.

Originally posted by Nb4life



i sell some nice billet water traps $75 shipped

i sell some parker water traps covered in KY jelly for 30, jeebus man.

so russ, you're saying i need 8 water traps? 2 b/w compressors and tanks, and 4 between tanks and valves?

if you are running a 4 port tank, with a seperate line to each valve, then you will need at least 4 to keep water out of your valves.

I was only being amusing suggesting putting one after the compressors.

Unfortunately, if you are running a single port to each valve, then you will need 4. Having a water trap between the compressor and tank will only catch a percentage of the water, not eliminate it.

Edited: 7/27/2006 9:01:50 PM by unfadeble

Originally posted by NO1LOWR



Originally posted by Nb4life



i sell some nice billet water traps $75 shipped

i sell some parker water traps covered in KY jelly for 30, jeebus man.

I got them for even less. Boo expensive water traps. RED BEER!

Originally posted by Russ-D



water traps are correctly installed between the tank and the valves. You can put it between the compressor and the tank, but you will only catch a small percentage of the water. Compressed air is hot and it cools as it expands, the water trap volume is very small and the compressed air wont expand much there, the greatest expansion happens in the big volume of the air tank. You can run two, one after the compressor and another after the tank, but the one after the compressor still would not keep water out of your tank and therefore your valves. Look at home compressors, the water trap is on the outlet of the tank.

Water in the tank is inevitable because of the large volume and rapid cooling of the compressed air. If you dont want the tank to rust, get a stainless one.

this guy is a ssm/minitruckin guru!! do whatever he says! i think he can answer any question! and if i might add he's got a pimpin ass first name too!

dammit. i guess i'm gonna have to hit up sd.com yet AGAIN for 8 more fittings. Shit, i thought i was done with them for a little bit..