John, I think it's distance to the back of my house over pretty old thin
wiring. My compressor works most of the time in my garage, but the wiring to
that jack was done by the PO and does not seem heavy enough. It's time to
shell out some more money and get an expert, I want to get a 220 outlet for
an old oven I bought for powder coating anyway. Mo-money... :-)>
Jack
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-spitfires@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-spitfires@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of John Suchak
> Sent: Sunday, February 21, 1999 9:12 PM
> To: Jack Levy
> Cc: Triumph List; Spitfire list
> Subject: Re: Compressor problem
>
>
> Are you using an extension cord?
>
> I had exactly the same problem when I first bought my
> compressor.. I was using
> a really heavy duty extension cord and it would do exactly what
> you describe.
> When I moved the compressor over to the outlet and plugged it in
> directly it
> worked like a champ. (Just had to buy another length of hose to
> reach my work
> area...)
>
> Either that, or you are using a circuit with too low of a breaker
> to support the
> compressor.
>
> John
>
>
>
> Jack Levy wrote:
>
> > I moved 2 of my cars to the back of my house to work on them
> without having
> > the local code enforcement people shut me down, only to find
> that I could
> > not find anywhere to plug in my compressor. It would reach atbout 50 psi
> > then go hmmmmmmmmmm then it would trip the fuse. I tried a few
> outlets all
> > the same. Being a beautiful day and determined to work on the
> car I rented
> > one from Home Depot only to find it would not run at all,
> tripping the fuse
> > as soon as it started. Is this common with 110 compressors?,
> what do most of
> > you use? 110? 220? gas? I have a 4 hp 20 gal Coleman. I finally
> went back
> > and picked up a gas model (already 3 pm) got 2 hours of
> sandblasting done
> > and had to call it a day. Total for day, 1.5 hours pushing 2 cars around
> > (don't run), 4 hours trying to get compressor, 1 hours
> sandblasting,1 hour
> > unclogging sanblaster (HDepot compressor has no water trap), 1.5 hours
> > cleaning up mess.
> >
> > Jack
> >
> > 76 TR6
> > 80 Spit x 2
>
>
>
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