Somewhere on some forum long ago, someone knowledgable in medical air supplies and human lungs told me that it would be better to use an oilless compressor with no filter at all rather than to use a filter which might put particulate matter from the back side of the filter into one's lungs. I took that advice and have had no problems BUT>>>
Here's some things I've repeatedly said- Don't use an old compressor for this, use a new oilless one and dedicate it to only this so it doesn't wear badly. Never use an unfiltered oil-bath compressor. As far as filters go that are available to the general public, I, if I needed to, would use a plasma cutter filter. Plasma cutter tips will self destruct from the least bit of air contamination. Practically nothing gets through those filters. If you were to use a plasma cutter filter, you would probably get considerably more contamination from a common nebulizer than you would from an air compressor. DB >List, Anyone thinking of using an industrial/hobby type compressor for medical use, MUST, repeat MUST use an air dryer in the line in the line before the nebuliser. They dryer removes 99.99% of moisture and oil which will be in a super fine mist in the compressed air. I believe that Cummins engines do make an automotive type compressed air dryer, to remove the nasties, as in cold climates, any moisture in the air brake system will freeze and cause loss of air. My 2 cents worth John in Australia< -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
