rScotty
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- Joined
- Apr 21, 2001
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- Location
- Rural mountains - Colorado
- Tractor
- Kubota M59, JD530, JD310SG. Restoring Yanmar YM165D
I've never even used or priced one of their compressors, so I can't be much help. The only comment I can make is with their advertising use of the phrase: "No mag starter required". That's sort of like bragging about not having 4wd on your tractor. Maybe it works fine that way and maybe not, but having a mag starter on any large or loaded electric motor is a good feature, not a drawback.
My own shop has two small compressors: Beauty and The Beast. Beauty must be half a century old, has a large pulley that is itself a thing of art and beauty, plus a vintage single iron cylinder feeding a 20 gallon tank. Not being a complete fool, the tank is a new ASME certified tank from Grainger. That compressor makes a pleasant "plonk, plonk, plonk" sound when running. You can almost talk over it. The motor is about 3/4 horse and has a mag starter. But when the air pressure falls far enough you might as well put down your tools and go get a cup of coffee because it is the opposite of fast.
The other compressor is a contractor's type Cooper from Home Depot with multiple outlets and what look like twin 5 gallon tanks. It's a professional looking tool that doesn't mess around about making pressure. This mini-monster fires up with a sudden roar guaranteed to make a bystander jump no matter how often they've heard it happen. When running, it sounds like a maddened banshee tearing sheet metal bare handed. It's a mixed blessing that nobody can yell loud enough to be heard over the racket.
But it's fine for building a house as long as you have enough hose and cord to get away from the noise. This high revving oil-less compressor is about 5 years old and has now held up to building one medium house. So far it has required one pressure switch and wiring around the high temperature cut-out. Looks nice; works OK. Durability seems medium.
rScotty
Who has now completely changed over from Duct Tape to Gorilla Tape