ben2go
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I'm upgrading my commercial truck from spring suspension to air ride. I am using a modified York 210 compressor to provide air to the system. This compressor doesn't have an unloader valve on the compressor like a commercial diesel engine style compressor. The air dryer I am installing is a self contained unit with the governor on the air dryer, not on the compressor head. This is the closest dryer I could find that may possibly fit, and work, with my custom installation. The dryer has three air connections, 1/2in tank line, 1/2in compressor feed line, and 1/4in control line to the unloader valve. Since I don't have an unloader valve, do I simply tee in the 1/4in control line back to the 1/2in line from the compressor? If I am understanding the dryer's operations correctly, the control line would purge the dryer once the system comes back up to full pressure after the system bleeds off from use. Am I understanding this correctly? I can't find any info about this online.
I have built air ride systems based on the York 210 compressors before. I used a basic air/water separator similar to a shop air compressor, except I used much bigger industrial unit. I still drained the tanks regularly. I'm hoping by adding an air dryer it will keep me out from under the truck draining the air tanks as often.
I have built air ride systems based on the York 210 compressors before. I used a basic air/water separator similar to a shop air compressor, except I used much bigger industrial unit. I still drained the tanks regularly. I'm hoping by adding an air dryer it will keep me out from under the truck draining the air tanks as often.