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Posted by MusicCity
on Thursday, June 10, 2004 10:09 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by 1337
is it threaded so you can unscrew it? |
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If you mean the moisture trap, mine is. It has standard 1/4" NPT threads.
question to all: Is there any way I can hook up a car fuel pump filter to work? It looks about 1/4 inch, and looks like it will work.
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Maybe, but they aren't meant to trap moisture. In fact they are meant to pass moisture. They are only for trapping particles.]
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Posted by Anonymous
on Thursday, June 10, 2004 9:15 PM
the 2nd
is it threaded so you can unscrew it?
question to all: Is there any way I can hook up a car fuel pump filter to work? It looks about 1/4 inch, and looks like it will work.
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Posted by MusicCity
on Thursday, June 10, 2004 8:34 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by lizardqing2
Thats what I use as well is a general purpose one. I just started noticing lately that nothing was being trapped. So i guess I will not worry about it anymore then.
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I wouldn't worry about it. The humidity we have here is probably about like yours so I know that there is water in the air. I have an old tankless compressor as well that I just use for blowing things off, and it spits water constantly. My good compressor with the moisture trap never does, but when I drain the tank I'll get a couple of ounces of water out. My trap is working, I know that, and I never see much accumulation in it either.
Just noticed your 2996 post count and wanted to be one of the first to congratulate you on hitting 3K.
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Posted by lizardqing
on Thursday, June 10, 2004 7:53 PM
Thats what I use as well is a general purpose one. I just started noticing lately that nothing was being trapped. So i guess I will not worry about it anymore then. Thanks.
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Posted by MusicCity
on Thursday, June 10, 2004 7:39 PM
I use a general purpose compressor, as opposed to a hobby compressor, and really the only time I see an accumulation is when I bleed the tank down. I have a two regulators, one at my bench and one on the compressor, so I usually leave the compressor set at about 75 psi and adjust it down with the regulator at my bench. When I bleed the tank at 75psi I can see some moisture collect in the trap but other than that I never really see any. As long as it traps it, nothing spits out of my airbrush, and nothing accumulates in the moisture trap, I don't worry about it.
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Posted by lizardqing
on Thursday, June 10, 2004 5:59 PM
But what if nothing ever builds up. Mine has been on it for a while now and I have never noticed anything in it. Is that a bad sign? Like it is not working properly or something.
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Posted by MusicCity
on Thursday, June 10, 2004 5:22 AM
They just need to be emptied from time to time as far as I know. If it has a built-in filter you might wipe that off as well. I don't know what other maintenance you could do to one.
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Moisture trap help needed...
Posted by Anonymous
on Thursday, June 10, 2004 12:27 AM
Hey everyone, I have a testors compressor and it has a built in moisture trap. The warning says that I should clean it out every now and then (at least last time I checked, I may be mistaken) but the compressor only came with warranty papers and no instructions. I Don't know if cleaning out moisture traps is an elementry thing when it comes to moisture traps, but It says if I don't clean it out the glass moisture trap might explode![:0] At least thats what the little waring tag says. But do moisture traps need mantinence? Thanks!
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