Recent content by darkharts

To hit your other question- its a devilbliss unit- I just got it's bigger brother a month ago. You can check out here- http://www.dewaltservicenet.com/ServiceNet/new.asp Register and then if you have to be very patient- the web site is horriable to navigate, but with time you can get to a...

Thanks all, Wilbilt got it right- I stayed away from the receptacle(self preservation-lol) and assumed green was ground. So now i learned two things and after switching the nuetral with green it flys and pressures up fast. I just hapend to have an older plug receptacle that didn't follow the...

Re: Simple compressor wiring (oh-oh different plug) ? You should get ~240v across the two hot leads and ~120v from each of the individual hot leads with respect to ground and/or neutral. In a simple test from ground to white i get 120, from ground to black i get 240. it's a 3 wire as i...

Re: Simple compressor wiring (oh-oh different plug) ? It's marked as 5 hp, but probably lower. I wired it and plumbed it last night and it ran fine for a minute. Today i tried it with the sysytem closed and it ran fine for a minute and now the motor switches back and forth on- off. I used some...

Re: Simple compressor wiring (oh-oh different plug) ? It's only a 30 amp and the breaker is a 40. But my new thing is my plug is older then i assumed( my bad for not checking). I have a three pronged plug instead of a 4. so now i have black, green, and white. So green is ground, black is hot...

Thanks guys, iwill get the plug tommorow and some copper pipe and fittings and see what it does. danny

Hey guy's lots of good info, Im finally out-fitting my garage and picked up a 220v 60g. compressor. I have an unused dryer receptacle on its own circut, and i was just going to pick up a plug at HD. I read the manual and as far as the connections to the switch i found no info.I have line...