I have an oil less 3 hp compressor. It seems like it can run quite a while
without any problem. It does get hot though. It is also the noisiest damn
thing I have ever been around. I've had mine about 4 years and had no
problems.
Jack I. Brooks wrote:
> I was just in Price/Costco over lunch and noticed a DeVilbiss Pro AirII
> compressor for $229. The specs are as follows:
>
> 5 HP
> 25 gallon tank
> Oil less pump
> 8.8 SCFM at 40psi
> 6.9 SCFM 1t 90 psi
> 125 psi max.
> 120 volt, 15 Amp
>
> I've been looking for a compressor for a while and this looks one looks
> pretty good. I don't expect to paint with it, but you never know, so I'd
> like it to be a decent machine. Is a compressor like this capable of the
> extended air use a paint job, or shot blast job, might entail?
>
> BTW - I don't sit in a garaged, non-running LBC and go vroom, vroom, but I
> do make the voooot, voooot, voooooooooooot noise whenever I use a hand
> ratchet wrench. :-)
>
> Thanks for sharing your experience.
>
> Jack Brooks
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Rod Randle
'78 Spit
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