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![8D]
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. [bow]
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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.
If you mean the moisture trap, mine is. It has standard 1/4" NPT threads.
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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.]
I was using mine yesterday afternoon at 100 psi,(general purpose) and I saw moisture in the trap for the first time ever. However, there’s always water when I drain; not in the trap, just from the valve. I drained it yesterday like normal and this morning I started it and there’s still quite a bit of moisture (water actually) in the bottom of the trap. I know the trap’s working now, but I’m worried as to why it hasn’t dried out yet. Is this normal? It’s been about 17 hrs. now, since last use.[%-)] Spencer
It probably won’t dry out until you start using the compressor again. That is pretty much a “Closed System” and isn’t getting any outside air. The small amount of air inside is already saturated because of the moisture in the trap and can’t hold any more. It probably won’t dry out until some more less-saturated air is intruduced into the trap.
Thanks Scott, I was kinda thinking along those lines, hoping so at least. I turned it off not too long after my previous post and left the drain valve open. I’m not sure if that’s a good idea, or bad. I hope it’s not bad, because I forget to close it sometimes after use, quite frequently actually.
It won’t hurt anything at all. I do it myself occasionally. Started up my compressor once day and then after about 10 minutes realized the thing was still running. Looked at it, zero pressure, turned it off, turned it on, nothing. Scratched my head, cussed, then closed the drain valve and tried again.
[(-D][(-D][(-D] I’ve done the exact same thing!
[#offtopic] Hey Scott, I decided to redo the 66mm, or should I say 666mm. lol. I need to get the tubes angled a bit better and use less CA. They weren’t too bad, but I know I can do 'em better. Is nail polish remover the best thing to use for CA removal from brass? (I don’t have any straight acetone)
Ryan, I didn’t mean to be rude, but I don’t know anything about Testor’s compressors. I have a Testor’s AB and when I bought my Husky compressor, I was VERY unsatisfied with it. Now that I have a compressor I’m getting pretty good results, for a novice. I’m sure if you contact Testor’s Corp. they’ll be more than willing to help you. Probably send you a manual and answer any questions you have. They were going to replace my AB for me. Here’s the contact link: http://www.testors.com/help/contact.asp It might take a little while for a reply, but not too long. I hope this helps some. Cheers, Spencer[:)]