size of a dryer for an air compressor

SDE · Jun 11, 2022

I have picked up some scrap 3/4 copper tubing. Is there a size it must be to be effective? Must it have 3 or 4 vertical legs? How long must or should each leg be? I think I have enough material for three legs about 4' high. Each leg will be two vertical pieces with a ball valve at the bottom.
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jniolon · Jun 11, 2022

the more the better, but anything will help...

here's mine
https://www.fordtruckzone.com/threads/air-compressor-water-trap.668275/

details in the article

jacksun65 · Jun 11, 2022

I picked up a coil of 3/4 copper mounted it to the wall 3ft away and ran that into a filter dryer works great.

DoubleO7 · Jun 11, 2022

(quoted from post at 18:37:34 06/11/22) I picked up a coil of 3/4 copper mounted it to the wall 3ft away and ran that into a filter dryer works great.

Wait.....did you mount that coil flat against the wall?

SDE · Jun 11, 2022

The one I saw in a video was like yours with one exception. He had the tee mounted in the vertical lines, below the tee,
instead of the tee in a horizontal line. and the ball valve was directly inline with the vertical line.

Texasmark · Jun 13, 2022

Nice workmanship and idea.

jniolon · Jun 13, 2022

(quoted from post at 18:38:12 06/11/22)

(quoted from post at 18:37:34 06/11/22) I picked up a coil of 3/4 copper mounted it to the wall 3ft away and ran that into a filter dryer works great.

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Wait.....did you mount that coil flat against the wall?

it's mounted on stauff clamps on 2x4s bolted to the wall so it's about 2" off the siding... detail in the article

This post was edited by jniolon on 06/13/2022 at 02:27 pm.

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