... or rather it does stop, but not when you expect.

Yes, I am talking about that Craptor Supply / Craptersol Rank air
compressor again.

I put in a full day in the shop yesterday. I was done, playing on the
computer and sipping on an ice tea when I heard the compressor kick on
and then kick immediately back off again.

I said the heck with that shit, turned off the contacter and headed in
the house. This morning I found nothing obviously wrong, but it
wouldn't start. The breaker was tripped in the bub panel. I played
with various ideas on soft starting the compressor, but decided to check
the next obvious likely problem first.

I cycled the compressor on and turned it off. There was no hiss. I
grabbed a wrench, loosened the line... and there was the hiss. The
unloader has failed. Cold the motor has enough juice to start the
compressor, but after running all day in a hot shop with 113-117F
outdoors (more in direct sunlight) beating down on a metal roof the
resistance was just to high. I can run for a few days the way it is,
but I am about to order a new contacter and unloader. I suppose I
should make sure I have a spare check valve on hand too. Yes you can
sometimes clean check valves, but it usually doesn't last long.

Any day I expect the bung to blow out the bottom of the tank, or the
compressor to throw a rod through the block.

In my opinion based on my experience Ingersol Rand and Tractor Supply
colluded to defraud customers with this abomination.

--
Bob La Londe
CNC Molds N Stuff

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On 7/21/2024 1:21 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:

"Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:v7jo8l$7kno$[email protected]...

... or rather it does stop, but not when you expect.

Yes, I am talking about that Craptor Supply / Craptersol Rank air
compressor again.
...
Any day I expect the bung to blow out the bottom of the tank, or the compressor to throw a rod through the block.
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When I brought the 80 gallon tank + motor home I took the motor off,
poured some diluted LPS-3 into the tank, sloshed it all around and hung
the tank up in the sun to drain. The condensate has never shown rust color.

That was more a show of my frustration with the craptacular quality of
this machine than an actual expectation the tank will explode.

That being said, LPS3 is some good stuff. I remember when it was
introduced at a trade show and the demo guy kept spraying it into a
corded electric drill and then operating it under water in a tank. Mid
70s maybe. I am sure he took every other trick to be "safe" like rubber
soled shoes, isolated tank, etc, but still it looked impressive.

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Bob La Londe
CNC Molds N Stuff


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