Originally Posted by
carlfreddy
Is it really?
My compressor in the garage has a little filter basin that I have to occasionally empty as it fills up with water that I can only assume comes from the air (O2) it is compressing. When I go to use the compressor, no water comes out of the nozzle.
I really don't know the answer, I'm just playing devil's (mild) advocate.
Mollusk has already warned me against this, but anyway...
...most of the water will reach a condensation pressure when the air is compressed, but not all of it. Some of it is still in vapor form when it comes out of the compressor nozzle.