Its on topic. Every mill under power in the shop (except the no name mill drill) uses air for something.
The new air dryer uses an automatic timer to vent the moisture trap... EVERY FRACKING 60 SECONDS!
I am not a fan of just running the vent hose outside, but I may just do that. I thought about putting an air muffler on the end of the tube, but it might be more fun to watch a spider go flying across the shop when I power up in the morning. I have an extra muffler or two. I have them on three 5 port 4 way spool valves used for quick tool change spindles and they are tolerable. They also only actuate when I actuate them, so none of that unexpected broken peace when I they hiss at me.
Yes, it really took me this long to get it all plumbed in and setup. I kept having to order or run and get one more fitting. Even now I am running a 40 inch flex line between the dryer and the post filter where I would prefer to be running a 20 inch flex line. (High pressure braided stainless with crimped fittings.)
Its not cheap, and unlike the old dryer everything is supposed to operate at tank pressure with the shop regulator AFTER the pre filter, dryer, and post filter. I had to use gas line tape to get all the tapered threads to seal up. Everything else leaked. I should have done that in the first place. I know. I know. I was trying other things. I wound up taking everything apart and resealing it (except the metal to metal tapered surface connections on the high pressure flex line of course which sealed up just fine).
I ran 3/4 from the tank to the prefilter. Everything new is actually 1 inch, but the giant hex bushing in the side of the tank is 3/4, and all my main shop air lines are 3/4. I don't think the compressor could supply enough air to run a shop that needed 1 inch lines, but mostly I am hiding in the office being annoyed about that vent noise every 60 seconds. Yes, its supposed to do that. I suppose I'll see if just sticking it in a catch can muffles it any.
I still need to fix or replace an FRL on one machine that was leaking out the top of the lubricator. Then after almost two weeks I'll be able to start running parts again.
Yeah, I could have been up a little quicker with better planning and/or if I didn't take advantage of the failure for a (very annoying) upgrade. Frack! That air vent is going to drive me nuts if I don't muffle it.