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Senile Old Fart
As you guys know I am one cheap sumbiatch, and poor too. As my mother has said we are Irish jews, we can pinch a dime out of a penny, roflol.
Over the last 10 years I have tried a number of different low budget ways to get cool dry air. Some worked great but weren't feasible in winter, or required to much set up and break down. ( remember I am a garage hack, not a shop).
My latest prototype is by far the best idea I have had.
The delta/p is just over 105F when I measured it with a laser thermometer.
I installed it in line between the compressor head and the storage tank.
The auto drain on the tank no longer is spewing out lots of rusty water, just a little blip of dry air ( set at 2 seconds every 10 minutes. only runs when the compressor is used).
I salvaged the ends of some radiant heating fin tube from a construction job. The fin tube is 3/4" id which helps slow the air down and have a longer contact time with the tubing which should allow a better heat transfer rate.
The "mud" leg on the exit has a ball valve that I left slightly cracked and draining into a milk jug. the great majority of water was drained into the jug with almost dry air going into the storage tank.
When I build a permanent model the open mud leg will be closed off with a canister type auto drain.
The wood frame will be replaced with sheet metal and I am going to form a shroud for the fan to direct the air flow.
The concept proved itself, now I just got to pretty it up.
Cost of this project was under $15.
Thinking I will sell both of the refrigerated air coolers I have never gotten around to hooking up, lol.
As they say there is more than one way to skin a cat, what is your way to cool your air.
click on photo to enlarge
Over the last 10 years I have tried a number of different low budget ways to get cool dry air. Some worked great but weren't feasible in winter, or required to much set up and break down. ( remember I am a garage hack, not a shop).
My latest prototype is by far the best idea I have had.
The delta/p is just over 105F when I measured it with a laser thermometer.
I installed it in line between the compressor head and the storage tank.
The auto drain on the tank no longer is spewing out lots of rusty water, just a little blip of dry air ( set at 2 seconds every 10 minutes. only runs when the compressor is used).
I salvaged the ends of some radiant heating fin tube from a construction job. The fin tube is 3/4" id which helps slow the air down and have a longer contact time with the tubing which should allow a better heat transfer rate.
The "mud" leg on the exit has a ball valve that I left slightly cracked and draining into a milk jug. the great majority of water was drained into the jug with almost dry air going into the storage tank.
When I build a permanent model the open mud leg will be closed off with a canister type auto drain.
The wood frame will be replaced with sheet metal and I am going to form a shroud for the fan to direct the air flow.
The concept proved itself, now I just got to pretty it up.
Cost of this project was under $15.
Thinking I will sell both of the refrigerated air coolers I have never gotten around to hooking up, lol.
As they say there is more than one way to skin a cat, what is your way to cool your air.
click on photo to enlarge