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An oil water coalescing separator has a coalescing chamber containing oil coalescing media. The separator is preferably substantially transparent so that the thickness of the band of coalesced tramp oil can be visually discerned at a glance. The separator preferably has a magnet base so the separato

An oil water coalescing separator has a coalescing chamber containing oil coalescing media. The separator is preferably substantially transparent so that the thickness of the band of coalesced tramp oil can be visually discerned at a glance. The separator preferably has a magnet base so the separator can be hung on a machine off the floor. The separator is also removable from the magnet base.

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What is claimed is: 1. An apparatus for separating oil from an oil water mixture, said apparatus comprising an oil water coalescing separator having a coalescing chamber having a sidewall, said coalescing chamber containing oil coalescing media, said separator containing during operation an aqueous

What is claimed is: 1. An apparatus for separating oil from an oil water mixture, said apparatus comprising an oil water coalescing separator having a coalescing chamber having a sidewall, said coalescing chamber containing oil coalescing media, said separator containing during operation an aqueous fluid and a band of collected tramp oil having a thickness and floating on top of said aqueous fluid, said band having a bottom surface, at least a portion of said sidewall being sufficiently transparent or translucent so that the location of said bottom surface can be visually discerned through said portion by an unaided eye of an ordinary observer standing 8 feet away in ordinary lighting conditions, said separator being joined to two or more magnets effective to hold said separator during normal operation off a floor on a vertical steel surface, said separator having a back panel, said two or magnets being mounted outside said aqueous fluid and spaced apart on a backside surface of a magnet base, said magnet base being located adjacent to but distinct from said back panel, said separator being removably mounted to said magnet base by a plurality of spaced apart bolts, each said bolt including a bolt head and a latch head lip at opposite ends thereof and extending through corresponding holes in said panels and said magnet base that said bolt head engages said front panel and said latch head lip engages said backside surface of said magnet base. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, said separator having a front, said separator being such that an ordinary observer standing 8 feet away in ordinary lighting conditions can visually discern with an unaided eye at least half of the portion of said bottom surface which abuts said front. 3. The apparatus of claim 2, said separator having a side facing 90�� away from the direction said front faces, said separator being such that an ordinary observer standing 8 feet away in ordinary lighting conditions can visually discern with an unaided eye at least half of the portion of said bottom surface which abuts said side. 4. The apparatus of claim 1, said separator having a front, at least half of the top half of said front being transparent or translucent. 5. The apparatus of claim 1, said separator having a front and a side, at least half of said front and at least half of said side being transparent. 6. The apparatus of claim 1, said separator having a front, a right side, a left side, and a back, each of said front, said right side, said left side, and said back being transparent. 7. The apparatus of claim 1, said magnet base being releasably joined to said separator such that said separator may be released from said magnet base without moving said magnet base from its location during normal operation. 8. The apparatus of claim 1, said separator having a handle for portability, said separator holding less than 5 gallons of fluid during normal operation. 9. The apparatus of claim 1, said oil coalescing media being porous packing. 10. The apparatus of claim 9, said porous packing having a specific surface area of at least 70 ft2 per ft3. 11. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a prying releasor effective to release said magnet base from a vertical steel surface. 12. The apparatus of claim 1, said magnet base having a front which is adjacent said back panel and a back which is spaced apart from said back panel. 13. The apparatus of claim 1, said separator having a valve which has an open position and a closed position, said valve, when opened, permitting said collected tramp oil to flow out of said separator. 14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said magnet base is planar. 15. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said magnet base and said back panel abut each other.