Please school me on air compressors.
I am needing more air than what my measly air compressors air giving me. I have always had a problem with them and I just dealt with it but now I'm planning ahead on some projects and I'm needing more air.
My current inventory is a 30 gallon horizontal 1965 Craftsman 3/4 horse 2 lunger that is quiet as a church mouse but is very slow in the compressor recovery. A 30 gallon upright Kobalt oilless compressor that sounds horrid and probably has a 1 inch bore and it cannot keep up.
The specs I'm looking at are around
15cfm @40 PSIG
230 single phase
Max pressure 135 PSIG
60 gallon
I have looked at Ingersoll Rand SS5L5 $1K to 2.5K
The reviews say the motor is junk and won't last the first day.
A Quincy at $1.3K, or building my own using a good rated Harbor Freight compressor but it requires a 5 HP motor. Good motors are $800 and two phase or three phase, not single phase. The cheap ones are down to $199. and are single phase. They are of course Chineeseum, but looking at the nomenclature plate it shows only 3000 watts which is 3 HP at best, nowhere near 5 HP. I did find a Century 5HP on Amazon for $309. This one is specifically made for air compressor replacement.
If I built one I would use my horizontal tank because it has the mounting platform already and should be a simple retrofit. I would disassemble the micro compressor on the Koblat upright tank and plumb it in parallel giving me around 60 gallons of capacity. I am also looking at a copper tubing radiator to cool the air going into the tanks.
These are my choices if I build a system.
The HF compressor
The motor I found for it
Here is the video link I'm using to manufacture my own if I go that route.
The Quincy, at $1310.00, is the cheapest, has the best reviews, is manufactured by others and has a hell of a warranty but the shipping is around $300 !!!
As I am writing this it seems I will have more time to think about it because MY WATER HEATER JUST CRAPPED OUT!
I am needing more air than what my measly air compressors air giving me. I have always had a problem with them and I just dealt with it but now I'm planning ahead on some projects and I'm needing more air.
My current inventory is a 30 gallon horizontal 1965 Craftsman 3/4 horse 2 lunger that is quiet as a church mouse but is very slow in the compressor recovery. A 30 gallon upright Kobalt oilless compressor that sounds horrid and probably has a 1 inch bore and it cannot keep up.
The specs I'm looking at are around
15cfm @40 PSIG
230 single phase
Max pressure 135 PSIG
60 gallon
I have looked at Ingersoll Rand SS5L5 $1K to 2.5K
The reviews say the motor is junk and won't last the first day.
A Quincy at $1.3K, or building my own using a good rated Harbor Freight compressor but it requires a 5 HP motor. Good motors are $800 and two phase or three phase, not single phase. The cheap ones are down to $199. and are single phase. They are of course Chineeseum, but looking at the nomenclature plate it shows only 3000 watts which is 3 HP at best, nowhere near 5 HP. I did find a Century 5HP on Amazon for $309. This one is specifically made for air compressor replacement.
If I built one I would use my horizontal tank because it has the mounting platform already and should be a simple retrofit. I would disassemble the micro compressor on the Koblat upright tank and plumb it in parallel giving me around 60 gallons of capacity. I am also looking at a copper tubing radiator to cool the air going into the tanks.
These are my choices if I build a system.
The HF compressor
CENTRAL PNEUMATIC
$179.995 HP 145 PSI Twin Cylinder Air Compressor Pump
17.3 CFM @ 40 PSI, 15.2 CFM @ 90 PSI ------------------------------------ CFM being a relative term because there is no point of reference to Actual CFM or Standard CFM at 60 degrees. BUT, it surely beats the hell out of what I have.The motor I found for it
Here is the video link I'm using to manufacture my own if I go that route.
The Quincy, at $1310.00, is the cheapest, has the best reviews, is manufactured by others and has a hell of a warranty but the shipping is around $300 !!!
As I am writing this it seems I will have more time to think about it because MY WATER HEATER JUST CRAPPED OUT!
