10-28-2017, 07:32 AM
It could be a leak anywhere around the compressor. The push fit air connectors are notorious for leaking when it is cold. That is the reason that many of us replace them with compression fittings when the opportunity arises.
The second and harder to pinpoint issue could be that somewhere between the compressor and the well pump switch that controls the on off of the compressor, you may have an orifice. Pushing air through an orifice produces cooling. Around 35 to 40 ambient you could get enough cooling to produce ice. If you have an automatic dump on the water collector, check to make sure it isn't freezing open in cold weather.
If you want to know more about how this happens, look up adiabatic expansion.
Hardest part of diagnosing air problems, is that we don't have any data. We are always guessing. So following @"rheavn" philosophy, pipe in a temp gauge right after the compressor. If it reads pressure when it's cold, the problem is not the compressor. At least you are cutting the problem in half.
The best part of your problem is that it does it consistently.
The second and harder to pinpoint issue could be that somewhere between the compressor and the well pump switch that controls the on off of the compressor, you may have an orifice. Pushing air through an orifice produces cooling. Around 35 to 40 ambient you could get enough cooling to produce ice. If you have an automatic dump on the water collector, check to make sure it isn't freezing open in cold weather.
If you want to know more about how this happens, look up adiabatic expansion.
Hardest part of diagnosing air problems, is that we don't have any data. We are always guessing. So following @"rheavn" philosophy, pipe in a temp gauge right after the compressor. If it reads pressure when it's cold, the problem is not the compressor. At least you are cutting the problem in half.
The best part of your problem is that it does it consistently.
Richard and Rhonda Entrekin
99 Newell, 512
Maverick Hybrid Toad
Inverness, FL (when we're home
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