Owen
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HD has an 80gal 2-stage compressor for $799. We need to buy a refrigerator and would get a rebate of around $200. Would this be a good compressor to buy? The rebate would really help in the price department!
Home Depot compressor good no good?
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chad s
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Well, its sold as being a 5hp compressor, but the motor isnt big enough to really be true 5hp, and the pump is very small for an 80 gal 2 stage 5hp. It is a USA made pump, and its not a bad compressor at all, but the specs they give are pretty innacurate.
If your running air ratchets and impacts, Im sure it great. if you want to run air sanders, you may not get enough CFM out of it, and it will run a lot as well.
If your running air ratchets and impacts, Im sure it great. if you want to run air sanders, you may not get enough CFM out of it, and it will run a lot as well.
l_bilyk
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It's not a bad unit. Bare minimum you need for painting and blasting... but more than enough for air tools
RickP330
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IMO - Don't waste your time or money. I bought one and it was so bad it went through 2 motors within 1 month. I had to return it and bought a quincy. never looked back. Around here you can get a quality refirbished one for 1200 bucks.
Regards,
Rick
Regards,
Rick
l_bilyk
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Yeah i heard about problems with cambpell motors
I dont get it... they are induction motors. what goes bad?
I dont get it... they are induction motors. what goes bad?
RickP330
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I don’t know, but they kept drawing excessive current tripping the breakers. I forgot what size breaker, but I even went 10 amps over rating. I couldn’t get the compressor to go over 60 psi if I recall and this thing was brand new. Service tech couldn’t even find anything wrong. He just said they were junk motors as was the rest of the unit.
l_bilyk
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Hey you fly RC planes
I used to do that!
I used to do that!
RickP330
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Yeap! My 2 stage Quincy 5 HP 80 gallon tank makes short work of 'um
Seriously, I don't want to hijack this thread. Navagate to my garage thread below and I'll tell you more if you want
RickP
One bum motor I can see but two having the same odd problem? From your description it sounds like a voltage drop or droop during run.
RickP330
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I've wired my quincy into the exact switchbox the CH was wired into. I've been running it for several years now with half the fuse and never had a trip out. I've had the quincy running in full toot continious mode doing several sandblasting jobs (car frames / outdoors) and never a burp. Just junk motors on the CH drawing too much current because they were undersized for the application.
Again my opinion. Draw your own
Regards,
Rick
Two bad motor's in one month, I would have went ballistic on the someone.I've wired my quincy into the exact switchbox the CH was wired into. I've been running it for several years now with half the fuse and never had a trip out. I've had the quincy running in full toot continious mode doing several sandblasting jobs (car frames / outdoors) and never a burp. Just junk motors on the CH drawing too much current because they were undersized for the application.
Again my opinion. Draw your own
Regards,
Rick
Thanks everyone for their input. I had an uneasy feeling about the compressor but thought if it was $200 less, I could feel a little better about it.
I will skip it. And the motors you guys are talking about, CH means Campbell Hausfeld? Coincidence, since mine just died last month...I got 5 years use out of it though.
How about Eatons?
http://www.eatoncompressor.com/page/page/504747.htm
An 80 gal is what I would like to get. Gonna run air tools, mostly the sanding/grinding rotary type. Some sand blasting, some painting, and wanna give powdercoating a shot one day.
There was a link to an IR compressor too for a good price..can't find it, must be on my other PC.
I will skip it. And the motors you guys are talking about, CH means Campbell Hausfeld? Coincidence, since mine just died last month...I got 5 years use out of it though.
How about Eatons?
http://www.eatoncompressor.com/page/page/504747.htm
An 80 gal is what I would like to get. Gonna run air tools, mostly the sanding/grinding rotary type. Some sand blasting, some painting, and wanna give powdercoating a shot one day.
There was a link to an IR compressor too for a good price..can't find it, must be on my other PC.
chad s
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A true 5 HP motor (besides generally being quite a bit larger than the one on that HD compressor) will draw around 26-30+ amps. I dont remember the exact spec on the HD motor, but it draws around 18-20 if my memory serves me right.
Hmm, that makes sense I guess. Also, the HD site didn't have the same compressor, they have a 7hp one though. Couldn't find specs on the motor.
Northern Tool has an IR compressor #1592012A (model 2340N5) 80 gallon for $1300, which is a little over my price limit. Maybe I'll get a 60gal one.
So where do I find the amp ratings for these units online? And is that start up amps?
Thanks
Northern Tool has an IR compressor #1592012A (model 2340N5) 80 gallon for $1300, which is a little over my price limit. Maybe I'll get a 60gal one.
So where do I find the amp ratings for these units online? And is that start up amps?
Thanks
I've wired my quincy into the exact switchbox the CH was wired into. I've been running it for several years now with half the fuse and never had a trip out. I've had the quincy running in full toot continious mode doing several sandblasting jobs (car frames / outdoors) and never a burp. Just junk motors on the CH drawing too much current because they were undersized for the application.
Again my opinion. Draw your own
Regards,
Rick
I don't draw conclusions unless I am there to do my own testing. I think you hit the nail with "undersized for the app". My post was only to consider voltage supplied. A motor that is near the design limits of capacity might run OK if at full correct nameplate voltage but not at the bottom end of what you might find in the real world. The later compressors motor might be further from the design limits and can under-volt some with no issue. Over the years I have found more than one "crappy" device to have had some help in its failure. In this case crappy might have been better described as less robust.
Understanding the failure mode is good to prevent repeating it. I love troubleshooting complex electromechanical devices and figured out how to get paid for it. Unlike humans big complex devices and machines don't lie or bull$hi! around. 
The Eatons are rated at what they actually do compared to the HD type compressors. Don't know how much you can tell just by looking at the pictures but I have the 5 hp 2 cyl model, the motor & pump both are at least twice as large as the ones claiming 5 hp in the box stores. There was a 2-3 week lead time on mine but it runs anything I have hooked to it like impacts, ratchets, die grinders, 6" DA sander, air hammer, drill, 3" cutoff wheel, no problem & will pump up & shut off during normal use with any of these tools. Only thing I've done that will take it down to 100 psi is holding the trigger down on the die grinder & running it nonstop & you wouldn't do that under normal use. I've never had to use their customer service (no problems with compressor) but it is supposed to be good also.
chad s
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You want to look at the running amps. I would think long and hard about the most air consumptive tool you will ever use, and make sure that the Husky compressor gives a good 10 cfm at least over what you need, as im sure the specs are not accurate, bothing against Husky, but MOST compressor manufacturers exxagerate their specs. Also, many tool manufactuers exxagerate how little cfm their tools use. Look in a Grainger catalog, they will list a cfm draw for like 4 secconds of use, and then one for 1 minute use. The 4 second draw usualy matches the manufacturers spec for cfm useage. So that 4 cfm die grinder is probably a 20 cfm die grinder.
Uggh, shopping for a compressor is not easy.