Quote: (Originally Posted by
sunnyboy)
I initially drove mine with an AL80 of 36% nitrox because that's all I had. It worked no problem. Then I drove it with 21% (straight air), and now with a small compressor.
The only thing Jetsam told me was that it was designed for the type of dry gas that you get in a scuba cylinder and not normal moist air run through a small compressor. But checking on this forum you'll find many people who are running their boosters with small compressors for several years now without problems.
Me - I'm going to put a water trap on my compressor just to be safe.
-S
The water trap is a must have if you do any boosting in warm, humid conditions with a shop compressor. I also added an inline desiccant filter on QC, which can be added on really humid days... just a little extra protection.
I ran the booster from the compressor when I first brought it home on a dry cool day. It ran fine. Next time I tried to run it it was hot & humid.
After a short run water vapor started spraying out the drive gas muffler/air release..... Figured that wasn't a good thing. Shut it down, ran out & bought the add ons..... Now it runs dry all the time!
The filters & trap are 1/4" fittings and only rated for 90 psi, but the pressure doesn't get too much higher than that in actuality and so far, no issues running it at 120 psi or less.
The water in the trap is very noticeable on humid days.
The filters also drop the compressor psi output a bit when put in-line.
Richie