Re: compressor question

In a message dated 6/19/2011 6:26:20 A.M. Central Daylight Time, lefevre@xxxxxxxxxx writes:

Neil,
I am no electrical expert but, do you have power to both sides ( two 110
volt feeds )? I'm thinking it might run on 110 volts but not have the
power to pump more than 95 PSI.
Mike LeFevre

On 6/18/2011 9:11 PM, neal zimmerman wrote:
> 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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