[Rodney Nelson]

HI Rick,

I can't believe that I wrote this post a year ago, it seems like yesterday!

The water trap I built really works and is 100% needed. I was a little skeptical the first time I decided to open up the valves to see if there was any water in there. A significant amount of water came out like half a glass.

When I was reading up on what to do I found a link that stated the reason people were having trouble with their desiccant going bad so quickly is that they had their dryer to close to the compressor and that they needed to put in this style of trap. Well they were right because if all of that water would of went to the dryer their desiccant would have been done in the matter of a day or so.

The best part about the trap is it helps to keep your tools free of water so they wont corrode and when painting any water in the lines will cause fish eyes... So, I've heard. Now I have not started using my set up for paint yet, but I'm confident it is going to perform pretty well, I just need to make sure I match my sprayer to the performance of my compressor.

Another thing I did on my set-up is that I have a diverter valve in between the copper trap and the dryer. I did this because I knew I would be doing a lot of metal fab work using my grinder and I was not so worried about getting every bit of water out of the line, this way my desiccant will last longer.

The trap was pretty easy to make once you got everything lined up. I never sweated copper lines before but it was easy and I did a pretty good job as there are no leaks, first try.

Good luck!

Rodney