Inbound California Air 4hp Compressor W/drier

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The Rolair got on my last nerve so I'm correcting that mistake. Inbound this 4HP California Air compressor with drier. Oil-free and 75 decibels that's a 20 decibel reduction vs the Rolair.
 
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Nice looking unit. Willing to share the cost factor?
 
I paid $2,040 with free shipping from CCI out of Arizona, one of California Air's major retailers. Adding the drier adds a boatload to the price, without the drier this model is $1,200.

Pricing is all over the place you have to shop around. Home Depot wanted $2,700 for this model which is insane yet Home Depot is actually less than CCI on other models. Woodcraft also sells some models but not this one.

I also looked at rotary screw compressors in the $4,000 5hp range. They are made in China and I found too many complaints. A quality unit is more like $7k to $9k way out of my price range.
 
I forgot to mention this model will push 10.6 cfm at 90psi vs the Rolair is about 7 cfm.
 
I think that is a lot of money to get the job done. Are the units staged? As you use more air does another unit come online?
 
Not really, you have to consider duty cycle of the compressor vs intended use. I'm not running some nail guns, the Accu-Lube system flat eats air over extended periods of time. The 7cfm Rolair could not keep up at 80 psi, I could have dialed back the air volume and pressure but I'm pretty sure the Rolair was going to run into duty cycle issues, just one cycle and it was quite HOT. California Air does not advertise a duty cycle due to the number of variables in this question. But they told me I could figure a 2 hour continuous duty cycle at reasonable pressure, say 60 psi. They have someone running one at zero psi and it will run basically forever 24/7 without having to stop and cool down. So pressure is a factor in duty cycle, the higher the pressure the more heat the shorter the duty cycle.
 
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