Air Compressor Capacity

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philsefo said:
What order would you do this?

As in Pump -> main tank -> gas bottle -> outlet

or?
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i used 1 for years compressor outlet hose to a y piece on the bottle then long hose to work
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like that but with a male for hose from compressor and female for hose to work and the other to the bottle that way you have no special hoses or fittings and its just plug in or not
the other advantage is you can use the bottle once full away from the compressor for blowing tyre up or cracking a few nuts where there is no electricity for the compressor
 
It's all about how quickly the compressor can refill/top up tank, there is nothing worse than using air tools where you spend longer waiting for tank to charge, than actually pulling the trigger.
It's all about compressor output rather than tank size
 
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I have this one for light workshop use, continuous inflation of large tractor tyres, paint spraying , blowing out radiators and filters etc
But it still runs out of air when using 3/4 air gun continuously ( more than five bolts)
I suggest you keep an eye out for special offers through the year
 
freelance said:
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I have this one for light workshop use, continuous inflation of large tractor tyres, paint spraying , blowing out radiators and filters etc
But it still runs out of air when using 3/4 air gun continuously ( more than five bolts)
I suggest you keep an eye out for special offers through the year
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that looks a serious bit of kit , but way to big for what i need

the 50 litre one with the 14.5 cfm i think will be ok

wish to get one that will be good enough to

spray my chassis , use to inflate tyres, take the wheels off ,

also have to consider the weight of the unit , in being able to get it in and out of my shed and round to the front of the house ,

unless i got a long air hose , to minimise me having to move it too much

would something like 50 foot be too much, would i loose a lot of capacity the longer the hose , seeing the compressor would also have to fill the hose up , if that makes sense
 
freelance said:
Sounds good, hose only really transfers air, length is a bit irrelevant
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what do u think of this one plse

http://www.sgs-engineering.com/air-...v-100-litre-high-flow-air-compressor-tool-kit

as if i could put a long hose on this, maybe 40 feet , could then have it at the back of the house and just run the hose to the front where the landy is

looking at hoses , ref. 10 mm, am i right in saying i need bigger hoses the longer i go , so i maintain the volume of air in order to keep up the pressure at the air tool

been looking for a hose calculation tool ,

just thinking when i installed gas pipe work , further u went the greater the pressure drop

thks again
 
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freelance said:
Good, but for prolonged use it runs too fast and create a lot of heat
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is that if u fit a too longer hose then , better then if i fit an electrical socket by the front door

as the landy will be on the drive the length of hose would only be around 10 x foot , can get round the landy

read that an extension lead mustn't be used

thks
 
@gstuart .

What are you going to use the compressor for? Apart from a driver to loosen the odd wheel nut, I would not have thought you had much need on the new motor.:)

Cheers
 
neilly said:
@gstuart .

What are you going to use the compressor for? Apart from a driver to loosen the odd wheel nut, I would not have thought you had much need on the new motor.:)

Cheers
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would like it for

spraying the chassis , undoing bottom wishbone bits, wheel nuts , having a recip saw to cut through bolts , i.e. on the wishbone bolts

shot blasting, did see a unit that used fine silicone bead, think it was in restore magazine , where a canister was hooked up to a compressor , then used it to clean loose paint and rust off a chassis, but maybe that was a specialised unit
 
neilly said:
Blimey,

You get a shiny new toy and then set about planning to destroy it..............LOL.

Nice..:p

Cheers

PS, there was a blaster shown on one of the other pages the other day a Sealey unit. Iirc it was this one. http://www.sealey.co.uk/PLPageBuilder.asp?id=20&method=mViewProduct&productid=19519
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thks

if i'm honest if my back was up to scratch i wouldnt bother

as the D3 has considerably bigger parts i wouldn't stand a chance getting bolts undone

saw a u tube video when replacing lower wishbone bushes, they replace the whole wishbone complete , to get the old bolt out they cut the bolt , then have to use an air chisel to push the bolt out

just to make my life easier

thks for the link will have a look

it's going to be my family collective birthday pressie , would like to get one of the kits, that comes with the compressor
 
what do u think if this

http://sealey.co.uk/PLPageBuilder.a...rogroup=1346&analysiscode=&requiredresults=16

as it's got a small nozzle thought it would be ideal in getting into the corners of the chassis, brackets etc without going everywhere

pdf manual for it

plus if anyone else wished some bits shot blast on the forum , it would just be the case of them getting the materials , it would only do that for a forum member
 
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