Air compressor troubleshooting

[toolboy]

bingo!!
here are a couple of threads with some interesting photos

Air Compressor aftercooler Info thread

I’m going to condense some of the information I came across while researching this and searching for all the fittings. I don’t know about most of you, but I’m constantly amazed and frustrated by how much a person needs to learn while undertaking a hobby such as ours. Why do we want this? Compressed air come out of the the pump HOT and when it cools, water condenses. We basically have three choices on where to cool the air. Before the tank (aftercooler) In the tank (just wait for it?) On the…