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Bought a used air compressor
- Thread starter sweetdiesel
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digger
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They have an air activated pressure switch on them.
Air pushes against a spring loaded valve. At the end of the valve is an electric switch that turns off the power.
Sorta like an air valve pushing against a light switch?
Like a relay. Only with air pressure.
Hope that makes a little sense.....
Air pushes against a spring loaded valve. At the end of the valve is an electric switch that turns off the power.
Sorta like an air valve pushing against a light switch?
Like a relay. Only with air pressure.
Hope that makes a little sense.....
Nice Score Sweetdiesel!
By the way, for some that don't know the diff in an oiled compressor and a non-oiler :
If you look close at the pic, you'll see a pipe sticking out from the crankcase,,that is to drain the oil when changing it. And you'll see 2 humps on the motor, those are "starting/running" capacitors and are necessary to start an "oil type" compressor as it is more of a work horse, rather than a bumble bee gathering pollen (non-oiled type) and requires quite a bit of starting current which is inductive by nature and requires that the power factor be compensated by capacitive reactance, or "negative inductance".
An oil type has a very long stroke compared to a "non-oiler" and builds pressure ALOT faster than a non-oiler, and in most cases, is rebuildable as most non-oilers are not.
Jeep
By the way, for some that don't know the diff in an oiled compressor and a non-oiler :
If you look close at the pic, you'll see a pipe sticking out from the crankcase,,that is to drain the oil when changing it. And you'll see 2 humps on the motor, those are "starting/running" capacitors and are necessary to start an "oil type" compressor as it is more of a work horse, rather than a bumble bee gathering pollen (non-oiled type) and requires quite a bit of starting current which is inductive by nature and requires that the power factor be compensated by capacitive reactance, or "negative inductance".
An oil type has a very long stroke compared to a "non-oiler" and builds pressure ALOT faster than a non-oiler, and in most cases, is rebuildable as most non-oilers are not.
Jeep
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Just wanted to update this thread with a bench I built over the compressor. It aint pretty but it is strong. I had to rearrange the workshop a little bit to get it to fit. Now the powertools I received for X-mas also have a home.
digger
Hardcore RCTalk User
Think you got a nice looking shop bro.sweetdiesel said:
What is it Red Green say's?
"If they can't find ya handsome, at least they'll find ya handy."
My shelves and tables are mostly scrap stuff. Getting ready to make some shelves out of some ply that I had left over from a "honey do" project.
