Brilliant! I've the same problem and I have a couple of old freon
bottles; I feel a project coming on!
Tony
> I'm on the prowl for a very small air compressor, to use at the
race track
> to air up tires, and to operate (infrequently) an air wrench to
remove wheel
> nuts. My generator can handle a 1 HP motor, and I was planning to
pick up
> one of those little compressors intended to run contractors air
nailers. But...
>
> I saw a little 1 HP tankless compressor last night at Sears. The
unit was
> identical to the pump on the contractor model, but no tank. I've
got an 5
> or 10 gallon air pig that I use to carry air around now - I thought
why not
> get the little compressor unit, rig up an attachment to put the air
pig in
> line with it when I'm at the track, and I get the ultimate in
portable - a
> detachable tank air compressor! I'd also have to rig a pressure
cut-off
> switch on the compressor.
>
> Two things to keep in mind - little air compressors have a half
life
> measured in minutes before they're stolen at the racetrack, but air
pigs
> last forever, cause no one wants them. So I could keep the
compressor unit
> in the trailer, and have the tank outside, if need be. And this is
> definitely a second unit - it's going to get about 15 running hours
a year,
> at the most.
>
> Any advice? TIA, Brian
>
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