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It's not even that humid here in western South Dakota and I have issues with water and air tools freezing up. I did a bunch of sanding with a d/a outside a few years ago and it would ice up on a 50 degree day. The end results were way better than using an electric sander but the tool frustration was real.
You should be fine with a smaller compressor and intermittent use. Very rarely am I using a die grinder for even 10 minutes at a time or more. Let the compressor refill & keep going. I have a 60 gallon in my main shop and have run into low air on big painting projects with a HVLP gun. It has a very hard time keeping up with a sandblaster. Everything else is fine though.
Sometimes even really small ones are just fine - for example I have a little 4 gallon DeWalt compressor that I use for nail guns and believe it or not, my drywall texture sprayer. That thing uses a LOT of air but I can shoot a whole hopper before I "run out" of air - the compressor runs constantly - but that little sucker builds pressure FAST. By the time I have another hopper full of mud, the compressor is ready to go again.
You should be fine with a smaller compressor and intermittent use. Very rarely am I using a die grinder for even 10 minutes at a time or more. Let the compressor refill & keep going. I have a 60 gallon in my main shop and have run into low air on big painting projects with a HVLP gun. It has a very hard time keeping up with a sandblaster. Everything else is fine though.
Sometimes even really small ones are just fine - for example I have a little 4 gallon DeWalt compressor that I use for nail guns and believe it or not, my drywall texture sprayer. That thing uses a LOT of air but I can shoot a whole hopper before I "run out" of air - the compressor runs constantly - but that little sucker builds pressure FAST. By the time I have another hopper full of mud, the compressor is ready to go again.
