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Topic: How do dryers work?
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iamblackjack
Gearhead Posts: 209
From: A small town in South East Texas ............Houston.
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 02-11-2004 11:32 AM
   
I was looking at one of my air dryers (for the air compressor) and trying to figure out how it works. It seems to spin the air arround before it leaves the cylinder.Does anyone know exactly how they work? Kirk. ------------------
Smack dab in the middle of a rotessire resto-mod of my '65 coupe that has been in the family for more than thirty years. My car is older than me. That makes me feel young!
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 43790
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 02-11-2004 11:56 AM
By spinning it uses centrifical action to fling out moisture to the outside since water is heavier than air and can't make the turn the air does in that space. ------------------
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iamblackjack
Gearhead Posts: 209
From: A small town in South East Texas ............Houston.
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 02-12-2004 10:59 AM
That's what I kinda thought.Now let me tell ya what I built on that theory. I had a seven gallon portable air tank. I wanted to put wheels and a handle on it to make it easier to hall around. I figured that it also would serve as an acumulator. And to take in one step further, I thought that it could also get rid of some moisture. So cut a slit in the side (it stand upright now) and welded a peice of 1/2" pipe to it near the top at the very edge. Out of the very top of it I welded a 1/2" T that has 12" of pipe sticking down into the center of the cylinder. At the bottom I put a small valve to let the water out. The handle is quite high (about 5') so that I can roll the hoses up on it too. I mounted another dryer and a regualtor on the handle also. I'll try to post some pictures later. It seems to work, but it's hard to tell because at the same time I also put a big dryer near the tank. Kirk. ------------------
Smack dab in the middle of a rotessire resto-mod of my '65 coupe that has been in the family for more than thirty years. My car is older than me. That makes me feel young!
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SteveLaRiviere
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From: Saco, Maine
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posted 02-12-2004 11:21 AM
Not really an accumulator, right? An accumulator usually has a diaphram seperating two chambers and allows for expansion and contraction, if I understand it right. I think you've just made a storage tank with a moisture trap, right?------------------
'70 Mustang Mach 1 351C 4V/FMX/3.25 Open
'70 Mustang Convertible 250 I6/3 speed/2.79 Open
'72 Mustang Sprint Hardtop 351C 4V/FMX/4.30 Trac Loc
'94 F-150 XL 5.8L/E4OD/3.55 Limited Slip
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iamblackjack
Gearhead Posts: 209
From: A small town in South East Texas ............Houston.
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 03-20-2004 09:54 AM
Well, what ever you want to call this contraption it works. It works great. I put a pop-off on the bottom. Every so often I pull the ring on it and a gusher comes out. I've had no problem what so ever with moisture since.I'll post a pic if you could tell me who to mail it to. Kirk.
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Dubz
Gearhead Posts: 1781
From: Manitoba Canada
Registered: Oct 2002
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posted 03-28-2004 04:34 AM
i thought that an air drier was the pellet deal, that you put activated pellets in, looks like a big peice of pipe...
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pmhvps
Gearhead Posts: 465
From: Lowville,Ontario,Canada
Registered: Oct 2003
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posted 04-08-2004 11:04 AM
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Originally posted by Dubz:
i thought that an air drier was the pellet deal, that you put activated pellets in, looks like a big peice of pipe...
That's the kind I have.....the best for painting as far as I know. Just make sure you drain daily....same goes for the compressor air tank.
Mike.
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68 S-code GT
Gearhead Posts: 2746
From: Sayreville, NJ, US
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 07-14-2004 07:55 AM
The air is probably cooling some which will get the moisture to condense in the tank also.
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