Question, has anyone tried feeding the intake on a yong heng off shop air? I have a pretty good drying filtration system on my 220v shop compressor for painting applications, and I wonder if feeding it with 100-140 psi air would speed fills and/or aid air drying. Pre-Chinese compressor…or maybe the extra density would just cause problems with the design… just curious if this has already been done.
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I've considered the same thing for my tuxing compressor but haven't tried it yet.
If you put a low pressure regulator on shop air and brought it down to <5 PSI that would be the safest way to go. Not sure if your compressor or mine could handle much more on the first stage.
If you put a low pressure regulator on shop air and brought it down to <5 PSI that would be the safest way to go. Not sure if your compressor or mine could handle much more on the first stage.
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Boosting the 1st stage is going to put a MAJOR load on the pump parts and motor.
As a long time service tech, I would say NO.
* If hell bent to try it, stay under 10 psi which almost doubles atmospheric pressure it is designed to intake.
Make note:
Standard sea-level pressure, by definition, equals each of the following:
760 mm (29.92 inches) of mercury
14.70 pounds per square inch
As a long time service tech, I would say NO.
* If hell bent to try it, stay under 10 psi which almost doubles atmospheric pressure it is designed to intake.
Make note:
Standard sea-level pressure, by definition, equals each of the following:
760 mm (29.92 inches) of mercury
14.70 pounds per square inch
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Good points, I thought about the extra load on the big piston portion after posting that… I was more interested in a way to feed dry air into the unit. Compress, release, to dry via condensation into the media, then route the low pressure regulated air into the compressor….probably to sketchy to try now that I think about it.
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BenM,
Most find best results treating pressurized air leaving compressor rather than intake. An air-conditioned room or low-humidity environment is helpful on the intake side, air restriction by pre-filters has caused problems for some. Search 'Yong Heng," in archives (upper right page corner) for some member YH setups pics. WM
Most find best results treating pressurized air leaving compressor rather than intake. An air-conditioned room or low-humidity environment is helpful on the intake side, air restriction by pre-filters has caused problems for some. Search 'Yong Heng," in archives (upper right page corner) for some member YH setups pics. WM
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Thanks, I’ll do that. I probably should have done a search before voicing the idea, as folks on here have some pretty deep experience.
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Yeah, thinking through it it’s probably unwise to try what I was thinking. I seriously doubt my regulator is accurate at that low range of the scale. Glad I didn’t go do it and just push 100psi or something! That could have gotten exciting!
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If feeding dry air into your compressor is your main objective, take a look at my setup. I live in Florida where we are ALWAYS fighting high humidity and I have come up with a way to feed my compressor the dryest air reasonably possible. I recently put a mini-split A/C in my garage so I can typically pull the humidity down to 40 - 45ish % with that. I have also (for a couple years now) been feeding my compressor with a dehumidifier. I capture the output of my dehumidifier and pipe it directly into the first stage intake of my compressor (the cake pan is velcro'd to the top of the dehumidifier) which gives me air typically less than 20% RH. This has dramatically decreased the amount of moisture expelled out of the 2nd stage purge valve. Good luck, Chip.
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Now, that’s a good idea. I’ve got a mixed climate half the year it’s almost zero humidity from the extreme cold-20 to -40 range, the other half the year it’s high humidity from all the taiga landscape and swamps.
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