Life of a Bauer K14 P-41 Filter

[Tassi Devil Diver]

Hey compressor gurus,

The P-41 filter on our K14 compressor has been in place for a little over three years and has done around 50hrs in that time.


I am interested to know how long you would expect the P-41 filter will last?


thanks

James.

 

[underH2Oman]

The P41 is rated for 48000 cft. That would assume all conditions were good.

If your K 14 is pumping 12 cft/min (12x60) x 50 =36000 cft

 

[ti325v]

I think the O.P. was asking about the life of the filter sitting in the tower with so little use after so long..Junk it for no particular reason then the fact that it has been sitting there...Could have liquid water in it which would have degraded the M.S. creating a solution that will damage the tower, lots of reasons...If you really want to know how long the chemicals will last in running hours....Steve Burtons Compressor filter lifetime calculator has proven VERY accurate for me.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xq6u07wwsz12sgt/compressor_filter_lifetime_calculator.xls?dl=0
A p-41 has about 500g of m.s. assuming you are pumping at 12CFM and about 75* ambient temperature...figure about 25 hours and it is saturated..
Plug all the numbers into the calculator to know for sure..