Desiccant before Air Filter or other way around?
Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2018 12:14 pm
Hello. I'm getting ready to paint and I'm fine tuning my air setup. I have a 60 gal/5hp compressor which feeds about 40 feet of semi-horizontal 1/2 inch copper line with a few vertical drain lines. I'm getting ready to add my air filter and desiccant dryer and I'm curious what others recommend regarding which order these should be configured in. Desiccant first or air filter first??
I have a Motor Guard M60 air filter
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000WZYKAE/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
and a Air Guardian2 large desiccant dryer.
https://www.airguardian2.com/
Any thoughts? I see some complete systems put the desiccant dryer last but I'm worried the paper filter element in the M60 will get saturated with moisture if I do it this way...
I have a Motor Guard M60 air filter
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000WZYKAE/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
and a Air Guardian2 large desiccant dryer.
https://www.airguardian2.com/
Any thoughts? I see some complete systems put the desiccant dryer last but I'm worried the paper filter element in the M60 will get saturated with moisture if I do it this way...