Hydrovane 15

[Combehatter]

Hello!

I'm new to all this malarkey, I recently bought a VW Camper and apparently if you own one of these you need a welder too!

Luckily my father in law can weld so have some help in that department however he knows little about compressors..

I have inherited a Hydrovane 15. My old man bought it years ago (early 90's) as a back up to his main compressor in his factory. It was a couple of years old when he bought it and ran fine - then it just got left in the corner (drained) and forgotten. Now he has retired and I called dibs on the Hydrovane (thinking for some reason that it was single phase) but when I got all the way up to Bedfordshire I found it was 3 phase, I couldn't really say no thanks so loaded it up and brought it home.

Everything moves fine but I have no way of knowing if it makes air. The oil seems pristine (I think it was serviced straight away and never used after). The receiver is in good nick with no damage and it was empty so no water damage inside. Only broken part is the switch where something got dropped on it and broke the plastic.

So, how easy is it to replace the motor with a single phase job and if that is possible am I limiting what I can use it for?

Is there anyway of getting it to run on single phase?? Some magic device!?!

If that is not possible is there a market to flog it and buy something more suitable? I only need it for DIY motor repairs. Die Grinder, Saw, Impact driver, Drill, spray gun and if possible a sand blaster.

Thanks for any help in advance!

 

[armalites]

Hello!

I'm new to all this malarkey, I recently bought a VW Camper and apparently if you own one of these you need a welder too!

Luckily my father in law can weld so have some help in that department however he knows little about compressors..

I have inherited a Hydrovane 15. My old man bought it years ago (early 90's) as a back up to his main compressor in his factory. It was a couple of years old when he bought it and ran fine - then it just got left in the corner (drained) and forgotten. Now he has retired and I called dibs on the Hydrovane (thinking for some reason that it was single phase) but when I got all the way up to Bedfordshire I found it was 3 phase, I couldn't really say no thanks so loaded it up and brought it home.

Everything moves fine but I have no way of knowing if it makes air. The oil seems pristine (I think it was serviced straight away and never used after). The receiver is in good nick with no damage and it was empty so no water damage inside. Only broken part is the switch where something got dropped on it and broke the plastic.

So, how easy is it to replace the motor with a single phase job and if that is possible am I limiting what I can use it for?

Is there anyway of getting it to run on single phase?? Some magic device!?!

If that is not possible is there a market to flog it and buy something more suitable? I only need it for DIY motor repairs. Die Grinder, Saw, Impact driver, Drill, spray gun and if possible a sand blaster.

Thanks for any help in advance!

Depending on the size/type of the motor you could get an inverter to provide 3 phase.This would require a bit of fiddling because unless you get a big plug and play inverter they are designed to run a motor directly. So you would need to configure it so the pressure switch actvivated the inverter. The one thing you need to remember with Hydrovanes is you need to make they run long enough to get them up to full temperature, running for 5mins isn't going to do it any good.