How often do you drain your air compressor?

I installed a 1/4 turn ball valve at the drain to make draining easier, and I drain the tank at the end of every day and leave it open until next use. Lots of different opinions here, but that's what I've always been taught as best practice. Those automatic drains are a neat idea, though.


I'm getting ready to install that exact unit. Is there any reason it can't be installed between the compressor and tank?
Post 55 is pictures of a homemade air drier installed between the pump and the tank.
If the hot air is dumped into the tank before the drier, then the air becomes ambient in the tank and the water falls out in the tank.