- 1. Compressors (score: 1)
- Author: Ray Bahr <rbahr@cisco.com>
- Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 14:41:02 -0500
- Hi All, My $0.02 on compressors. Buy the biggest one you can afford. It tends to be one of those tools that you can really grow into ( read that as find a lot of ways to use it) and some things can r
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- 2. compressors (score: 1)
- Author: "Richard Boyce" <rboyce90@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 21:20:35 -0700
- I recently came into possession of a large compressor that was used to compress freon in a refrigeration system at a grocery store. I would like to convert this to use as an air compressor in my shop
- /html/shop-talk/2001-01/msg00191.html (6,512 bytes)
- 3. Compressors (score: 1)
- Author: Frank Woodward <gracious1@mcmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 20:47:07 +0930
- Hi listers. I am about to start to spray my Morris 1100, but my pressor only has a 25Lt. tank. If I could get a Tractor tyre would it hold enough air for me to do the whole car sorry I mean one appli
- /html/shop-talk/1999-09/msg00025.html (6,563 bytes)
- 4. Compressors (score: 1)
- Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
- Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 23:59:05 -0400
- Thanks for all the advice, guys. I took the plunge today, bought a Campbell Hausfeld 5hp 26 gallon unit. It was the biggest I could find in the 120V class, and that was a requirement. Hope I don't re
- /html/shop-talk/1998-08/msg00098.html (7,733 bytes)
- 5. Compressors (score: 1)
- Author: "Hamish Hubbard (and Ode)" <ode@ihug.co.nz>
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 12:18:11 +1200
- 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 t
- /html/shop-talk/1998-08/msg00140.html (8,046 bytes)
- 6. Re: Compressors (score: 1)
- Author: "Nils O. Ny" <n.ny@intest.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 09:38:50 -0400
- Hi Hamish 3 phase power is difficult to get in the US also it is mostly used at industrial sites and is not generally available down at the residetial local level unless the electric company were to
- /html/shop-talk/1998-08/msg00142.html (8,393 bytes)
- 7. Re: Compressors (score: 1)
- Author: Duncan120@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 11:11:43 EDT
- It's usually not the volts, it's the cycles. In the US we use 60hz, in most of Europe they use 50hz. Our 120/60 is not compatable with their 120/50. I am not sure what NZ uses. I suspect 50. I hope m
- /html/shop-talk/1998-08/msg00144.html (7,308 bytes)
- 8. Re: Compressors (score: 1)
- Author: "Nils O. Ny" <n.ny@intest.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 12:39:07 -0400
- That's almost right ..... US and a few others use 117 volts which is usually closer to 110 or even lower in the summertime with large loads on the grids. Most of the rest of the world is using somew
- /html/shop-talk/1998-08/msg00145.html (8,805 bytes)
- 9. Re: Compressors (score: 1)
- Author: cak@dimebank.com (Chris Kantarjiev)
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 10:06:10 -0700
- Why don't we just rename this list "compressors@autox.team.net" and be done with it?
- /html/shop-talk/1998-08/msg00146.html (7,152 bytes)
- 10. Re: Compressors (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Rambour <mikey@inline-tech.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 10:38:44 -0700
- Because compressors ARE shop-talk ! Trust me I wish there had been this kind of discussion BEFORE I bought my compressor. Its a huge really noisy SOB and yeah it works really well but I could have b
- /html/shop-talk/1998-08/msg00147.html (7,711 bytes)
- 11. Re: Compressors (score: 1)
- Author: cak@dimebank.com (Chris Kantarjiev)
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 10:42:13 -0700
- But we have this discussion *every* month.
- /html/shop-talk/1998-08/msg00148.html (7,112 bytes)
- 12. Re: Compressors (score: 1)
- Author: "John Hardy" <hardwire@webleicester.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 19:06:22 +0100
- Get the biggest you can afford. JH --
- /html/shop-talk/1998-08/msg00149.html (8,607 bytes)
- 13. Re: Compressors (score: 1)
- Author: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 11:12:36 -0700 (PDT)
- Why don't we write a compressor FAQ and gang-FAQ newbies with it when they ask about compressors or shop air? It's not like the compressor questions are going to stop any time soon unless the list i
- /html/shop-talk/1998-08/msg00150.html (7,650 bytes)
- 14. Re: Compressors (score: 1)
- Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 15:27:52 -0400
- I wish that would have been around a few weeks ago. I'll do the editting if that is required, but I wouldn't consider myself a compressor expert. Mine is less than a week old. ;> -- Trevor Boicey, Ot
- /html/shop-talk/1998-08/msg00153.html (7,588 bytes)
- 15. Compressors (score: 1)
- Author: Nickbk@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 21:51:09 -0400
- Hi GuysI know that there has been a semi-on-going thread about which compressors to buy and which are not worth it. I admit I've been a bad boy, and not paid to much attention. Now my truck is about
- /html/shop-talk/1996-05/msg00000.html (6,681 bytes)
- 16. Compressors (score: 1)
- Author: billsohl@planet.net (Bill Sohl)
- Date: Sun, 5 May 1996 19:13:48 -0500
- Saw this and felt this list would be interested. Check it out. Cheers, Bill Sohl Budd Lake, NJ billsohl@planet.net -- Visit the Mount Olive Township Republican Party Home page at: http://www.cns-nj.c
- /html/shop-talk/1996-05/msg00001.html (6,635 bytes)
- 17. Re: Compressors (score: 1)
- Author: GGORMAN@dsava.com (Gorman, George)
- Date: Tue, 07 May 1996 13:32 EST
- If you're primarily going to use your compressor for paint and occaisionally for other things then any one of the 5HP, 60gal class compressors would be ideal. You might want to check out one of the
- /html/shop-talk/1996-05/msg00004.html (8,709 bytes)
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