I have a lot of electronic equipment that requires occasional cleaning. In years past I have used "canned air," but I wanted to stop wasting money and creating a bunch of garbage. So I purchased a small oil-free air compressor from Home Depot.
I thought oil-free would be the way to go since this is light-duty anyway, and I did not want to be spraying oil onto my equipment or have to buy an oil separator.
I tried to do this cleaning today and found that too much water was coming out of the cleaning tool in the form of very fine droplets. I assume this is because the air today is very moist, temperature and dew point are close together? I did open the drain valve at the bottom of the air tank and it did not have any water collected in it -- this thing is basically new and I've used it less than an hour.
Right now I am waiting for a day with more favorable weather. Could I solve this problem by purchasing a water separator? If so, I would appreciate recommendations for small, light-duty units. I saw this kit Moisture And Oil Filter Combo Kit which is affordable. I notice it has 1/2" connections so I will need adapters to go from my small 1/4" compressor and then back out to my tool?
Also if I have to buy a water filter I figured I might as well get an oil filter as well, and buy a larger compressor. Blasting dust bunnies out of this equipment is taking longer than I thought because of my small air tank and limited compressor motor.
Your suggestions are appreciated, thanks!
I thought oil-free would be the way to go since this is light-duty anyway, and I did not want to be spraying oil onto my equipment or have to buy an oil separator.
I tried to do this cleaning today and found that too much water was coming out of the cleaning tool in the form of very fine droplets. I assume this is because the air today is very moist, temperature and dew point are close together? I did open the drain valve at the bottom of the air tank and it did not have any water collected in it -- this thing is basically new and I've used it less than an hour.
Right now I am waiting for a day with more favorable weather. Could I solve this problem by purchasing a water separator? If so, I would appreciate recommendations for small, light-duty units. I saw this kit Moisture And Oil Filter Combo Kit which is affordable. I notice it has 1/2" connections so I will need adapters to go from my small 1/4" compressor and then back out to my tool?
Also if I have to buy a water filter I figured I might as well get an oil filter as well, and buy a larger compressor. Blasting dust bunnies out of this equipment is taking longer than I thought because of my small air tank and limited compressor motor.
Your suggestions are appreciated, thanks!
