I plan to get a CS4i here in a couple weeks. I don’t really plan to fill tanks with it and just fill the rifle direct. I plan to keep it in the house and fill rifles in the house in an air conditioned environment. It will be used to top off rifles from around 2000psi to 3000psi. Based off this, and my limited experience with a newly purchased GX E-L2, I am guessing it will fill the rifle in a couple of minutes and never build up any real heat (So I assume not much condensation or moisture) and filters shouldn’t be much of a concern. Am I correct in my thinking? I do have a new, big, gold tuxing filter with the tan beads I have never used. I could easy add that to the mix but it would take longer to fill the rifle and therefore build up more heat/condensation. The other option would be to get a smaller inline filter that would have little effect on run time but at least have something just in case. That is the direction I am thinking now. Just curious what y’all think.
How much of an issue is moisture filling a rifle w/ a CS4?
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A typical air conditioned area will have 30-50% humidity, and as you probably know, at 70 degrees that is quite comfortable. Air coming out of a dessicant drier like you have will dry the air to 67 parts per million. I’m a bit out of my league here but I believe if you take the mean of 30-50% humidity and put that in parts per million (ppm) it equals 400,000 ppm. Air coming out of a dessicant drier that is equipped with a pressure maintaining valve, otherwise known as a PMV, it will be 67 ppm. The 400,000 ppm might even be WAY off after it’s compressed, as in it’s probably much higher.
It is always a concern to small output compressor owners that filling the drier each time the compressor fires up is a pain because it’s additional volume that needs to be filled each time. When I had a smaller compressor with an additional downstream dessicant drier (molecular sieve, the kind with what you described as tan beads) I installed shut off valves on both input and output sides of the drier so that it stored the compressed air from the last compressor session. Yes, the valves cost a few bucks but I believe it was the way to go.
I never wanted wet air in my PCP’s. Some people go for years, so they say, without any water issues in their guns. YMMV.
It is always a concern to small output compressor owners that filling the drier each time the compressor fires up is a pain because it’s additional volume that needs to be filled each time. When I had a smaller compressor with an additional downstream dessicant drier (molecular sieve, the kind with what you described as tan beads) I installed shut off valves on both input and output sides of the drier so that it stored the compressed air from the last compressor session. Yes, the valves cost a few bucks but I believe it was the way to go.
I never wanted wet air in my PCP’s. Some people go for years, so they say, without any water issues in their guns. YMMV.
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Compressing air generates heat and moisture, A/C and low humidity environments are helpful, but I'd use that gold molecular sieve filter, too. Perpendicular, running up from compressor to highly placed gun will make moisture work uphill. If desiccant beads get soaked, you'll need to consider upgrading. PMV, one-way and shut-off valves aren't part of my Yong Heng program, can't speak to GX-CS4. WM
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I fill my paintball tank with the GX4. I have never noticed any moisture in the tank when I remove the valve. I think the issue is overblown but others may disagree.
CO2 is a liquid. CO2 tanks are aluminum. It doesn't seem to be an issue.
I don't believe a little moisture is going to destroy a gun.
Listen to everybody's advice but make your own decisions.
CO2 is a liquid. CO2 tanks are aluminum. It doesn't seem to be an issue.
I don't believe a little moisture is going to destroy a gun.
Listen to everybody's advice but make your own decisions.
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