Air Compressor recommendation

[verbotenwhisky]

The original head was a single piston and blew up (I rode it hard, must've done 5 full-strip automotive body projects with it), so that head is a HF 2-piston single-stage. Thumpy, out of balance, and the Leeson motor couldn't stay cool even though I geared it right according to the spec sheet for the Chinese compressor head. Goofy v-twin jitterbug POS with reed valves that clapped at 90 decibels, I hated that thing so bad I gave it away for free just to see it hauled off!

I have an old 1985ish Kaeser with a 2 Gallon Receiver, oiless, 7.5HP 3ph, 30CFM at 125 PSI... I am getting ready to gut the old electrical box in it and replace it with a VFD.

 

[yota]

I have an old 1985ish Kaeser with a 2 Gallon Receiver, oiless, 7.5HP 3ph, 30CFM at 125 PSI... I am getting ready to gut the old electrical box in it and replace it with a VFD.

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30CFM. that'll work LOL.

 

[455dan]

Specs are deceiving then: Decibel Rating 83 dBA


17.9 CFM @ 100 psi and 17 CFM @ 175 psi - that is nice!! And an 80 gal tank... nice!

Yeah it seems to be mainly the air intake, so I forgot to mention I added a hose to a Hush Thrush turbo muffler and that quieted down the overall intake DB level but have not actually measured it. My Older 5 HP Ingersoll Rand, the pump runs at a much higher RPM and I do think the lower Pump speed is somewhat less irritating.

 

[yota]

didn't realize how many guys are irritated with their compressors until this thread.

 

[pontiac428]

didn't realize how many guys are irritated with their compressors until this thread.

Irritated? More like raving and leaping. Nothing like nursing along a POS compressor that makes too much racket for way too long and replacing one failed component at a time to motivate a shop dweller to part with a paycheck or two with one click. Cry once, then feel smug about your choice for years to come.

 

[Charles scozzari]

Irritated? More like raving and leaping. Nothing like nursing along a POS compressor that makes too much racket for way too long and replacing one failed component at a time to motivate a shop dweller to part with a paycheck or two with one click. Cry once, then feel smug about your choice for years to come.

I must say I'm glad I bought mine around 2006 for somewhere around 4 or 5 hundred. It looks like now they are pretty much generic now. Glad I sprang for it then. Anyway Merry Christmas.

 

[455dan]

Irritated? More like raving and leaping. Nothing like nursing along a POS compressor that makes too much racket for way too long and replacing one failed component at a time to motivate a shop dweller to part with a paycheck or two with one click. Cry once, then feel smug about your choice for years to come.

Well I would really like to mount the compressors in their own separate space. That way I can listen to the Vintage Marantz, Crown and Soundcraftsman powered garage stereo / subs while working without really hearing the the Compressors when they run. Music is a great motivator for me when in the garage/shop.

I Do like the new 2 stage and added CFM

Merry Christmas Everyone

Irritated was probably a poor choice of word

 

[Larry$]

An isolation room is a welcome addition to a compressor. But make sure you have a way to keep the room form over heating. Thermostatically controlled! Maybe a way to vent the heat into your shop space in the winter and outside in the summer.