Get the biggest you can afford.
JH
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> From: Hamish Hubbard (and Ode) <ode@ihug.co.nz>
> To: shop-talk@autox.team.net
> Subject: Compressors
> Date: 20 August 1998 01:18
>
>
> Well, I discovered that 3-phase power is very difficult to get
> installed in your home in New Zealand so the maximum power limit
> on a compressor I could buy would be around 2.5hp (2.5 "true" hp).
>
> In the junk mail today was an advertisement - "Ingersoll Rand Charge
> Air" compressors, 10cfm at 125psi and 2hp $US260, or 12cfm at 125psi and
> 2.2hp for $US500. The smaller has a 25 litre tank and the larger has
> a 45 litre tank. Is 45 litres too small?
>
> Are these cfm/psi ratings acceptable to run air tools from?
> Note that I am not going to be spending 40 hour weeks plugging away
> with air tools exactly, I can put up with a little hassle - for some
> reason I hate the idea of having electric cords everwhere.
>
> Thanks,
> Hamish
>
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