Re: compressor question

[doug daniel <dougdaniel50@xxxxxxxxx>]

some of it could be the pressure switch but it could be straving for air ,,check air intake ,,,

--- On Sat, 6/18/11, neal zimmerman <neal.zimmerman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: neal zimmerman <neal.zimmerman@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: compressor question
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Saturday, June 18, 2011, 9:11 PM
> Due to the crappy economy here, my
> operations have now been moved into
> a 100 year old dairy barn that I rent a  corner of.
> Its quite a kick
> in the teeth, compared to the giant shop I had about 4
> years ago, but
> there's no more work for me and my painting business has
> folded.
>   Anyway, I got my 220v air compressor moved in last
> week, and
> installed the old air line system, going way up into the
> rafters (
> hello nasty ugly little bats, keep eating them mosquitoes
> for me ),
> and dropping down again to my moisture seperator. I figure
> it should
> work pretty well, and the whole system  is installed
> on a slight cant,
> so no line is horizontal to promote draining.
>  BUT, the compressor seems to not be building to its old
> pressure. It
> used to go to 150, now its topping out at about 95. My
> guess is that
> the switch has gone bad and some sort of cycling or
> non-cycling or
> something is letting pressure bleed off at 95. It can run
> and run and
> never reach 150. Originally I thought maybe one of my pipe
> joints were
> loose but I checked and every joint is tight and passes the
> soap
> bubble test. So I assume its in the compressor.  Could
> the problem
> have anything to do with all the line I added, which sort
> of expands
> the tanks size by 5-10 galllons?? Or does it sound like the
> cycling
> switch? If it is the switch , can I monkey around with
> adjusting it to
> see if that helps?? There seems to be an adjustment screw
> on it.
> Hopefully if it is the switch I can find a replacement
> somewhere. The
> compressors a sears craftsman.
>    neal zimmerman, eugene oregon
> 
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