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it has a broken pipe but nothing too serious it runs so quite but is slow compared the the workshop units, This will be for the nail gun ect on jobs as it is portable. It feels well built.
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just looked on the WWW they go for over £1K new!
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I priced up using several "Shhh" units to give the same output as my 14cfm piston compressor, it would have cost more than I paid for the workshop.
Ended up with this http://forums.lr4x4.com/topic/9710-fridge-compressors/
Google "Dental compressors"
Ended up with this http://forums.lr4x4.com/topic/9710-fridge-compressors/
Google "Dental compressors"
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Well I am going out side to have a play with the new toy!
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I've got one of these for my airbrush, not a big as that (9ltr I think) but quiet and pretty heavy. I paid £35 on ebay but they regularly go for twice that and more.
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well it is all up and running ok so quite fixed the broken bit.
One thing there is no drain for the tank weird why?
Yes it is bloody heavy for a 25L compressor but it fits in the car easier than the 50 or 100L one!
One thing there is no drain for the tank weird why?
Yes it is bloody heavy for a 25L compressor but it fits in the car easier than the 50 or 100L one!
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My friend, carpet and flooring fitter has one. Uses it for nailing gripper, door bars and laminate flooring down
Good bit kit.
My friend, carpet and flooring fitter has one. Uses it for nailing gripper, door bars and laminate flooring down
Good bit kit.
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Is that an Auto drain fitted to an internal dip tube with a adjustable timer?
With the pipe going to the plastic box.
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yes it is but i didnt realize it had a dip tube that makes sense now thanks Chris
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I tried a few tools on it and it was just fine bargin at £51 I reakon, I will be for use at houses for small tools like a nail gun ect
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Are these pretty much maintanance free then
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Need to keep any eye on oil level. rtbcomp is your man to ask, does not appear to be much he hasn't done with this type of compressor.
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Download the Clarke manual, that will give the oil spec.
The reason they use a lot of oil is that the inlet to the pump is inside the housing, which itself gets full of oil mist because the motor shaft acts like a lawn sprinkler and sends the oil through the housing so it runs down the sides and along the top for cooling. That said, a more sensible design would suck air from the outside, maybe the better ones do?
The other thing is don't let them get too hot.
The reason they use a lot of oil is that the inlet to the pump is inside the housing, which itself gets full of oil mist because the motor shaft acts like a lawn sprinkler and sends the oil through the housing so it runs down the sides and along the top for cooling. That said, a more sensible design would suck air from the outside, maybe the better ones do?
The other thing is don't let them get too hot.
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found the oil type in the manual it is SJ-27 whatever that is!
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You did well for that price.
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EH?? cant hear you !!
