Anyone know anything about Air Compressors?

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Well assuming you are setting all your regs correctly (both tank and outlet to 90 - or perhaps tank higher), and your tank is definately full, answer this...

When you start up a tool, and it's OK for a few seconds then dies, could you then wait a little while then repeat that little burst of life, then wait, then repeat again, etc and the pump wont kick in every time because there's still plenty of air in the tank (cos you're not really using much)? If that's how it behaves then the problem could be a semi-blockage in your hose (or it's just too long/small and therefore restrictive). Have you another short hose you can try? How easy is it to blow through your hose?

Or if after every short pathetic burst the pump is kicking back in, that just dont sound possible - like you're consuming a huge amount of air (but not through your tools) as if there's a big leak somewhere.

My money's on a blockage in hose, or even outlet section of compressor perhaps.
 
Scubascorpion said:
Petrol :eek: Noisiest thing on the planet, hope you have forgiving neighbours :D
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Meh, I used to have a TVR Cerbera with a sports exhaust. Believe me, the compressor is silent compared to that. I once left it ticking over on the drive while I went upstairs to the bathroom, and I could feel the floor vibrating to the sound of the Trev. One of the neighbours once told me they used it as an alarm clock as I used to leave for work at around 7:30am, so when they heard the beast cough into life they knew it was time to get up.

I actually have a really great bunch of neighbours. My next door neighbour has a part time metalworking business out of his garage, another renovates 2CV's and another is renovating a Landrover, so my compressor has already been well received in the close. One of them even suggested a network of airlines between our garages :D
 
Thinking about it I guess if your house doesn't have 3 phase and you need one with a decent amount of ********, petrol was your only choice.

Nice neighbours :D RESULT!
 
Yeah, I didn't want to start looking at 3 phase options. I'd need a converter in the garage for a start, plus I wanted to be able to work out on the drive if I needed to, so either a 3phase converter and very long airlines, or a portable solution was required, and petrol seemed to fit my needs best.

plus I can loan it to my neighbours if they want, and then they can't complain about the noise :D
 
The supplier has sent me new fitting as he doesn't recommend the ones supplied with the air tools he sold me.

We shall see......
 
Returned it to the seller for him to test, he tested it and returned it and it was still crap.

So ended up spending a bit more money and getting a Clarke 100l 14cfm 3hp v twin animal, needed to be hardwired into my 30a supply and very happy with that :)
 
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