Recent content by InterpreDemon

FWIW, I used to do everything unnecessarily complex as well, my ample industrial junk bin a wealth of solutions chasing after nonexistent problems. As I got older I had to occasionally repair the abominations of my prior genius and often could not recall how the damned things were supposed to...

Depending upon the size of your tank and continuous flow rate during spraying, it probably will do squat unless it is a tiny tank with high flow rate, like an engine-powered portable. The maximum water vapor condensation and entrapment occurs when you have the greatest temperature drop, which of...

I wouldn't worry about it, just mount the biggest most durable cooler you can. You can always add a fan. As to those unnecessary BTU calculations, if you wanted to estimate it you could take the run time for a compression cycle, measure the electrical load (or use the motor nameplate rating)...

Pre-digital age, only a handful in my possession, most in the hands of an ex. I'll see what I can dig up. When I was a teen I was either in metal shop at school making all the "special tools" in the Alfa shop manuals, or working to pay for Alfas, or buying and selling Alfas or on a creeper...

Back when I was a teen I had a gaggle of Alfas... mostly '65s. Two 2600's, the 2+2 Touring & the "checker cab" Berlina, complete with electric windows and 5-speed column shift, as well as all the Giulias except the GTA... a 1600Ti, 1600 Spider, the GTV and the SS... noted for lopsided wipers, a...

It looks like a tankless hot water coil from a boiler. Biggest problem I would see is figuring the best orientation for draining the condensate out. Most of those coils spiral out and back in, so if you mounted it vertically with the connections at the bottom you would need a drop stub and drain...

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What you are talking about is "jam" protection, where an AC drive looks at the current at a high rate, and when it sees the current go above the set level, it immediately stops. No, actually I was talking about running in an overloaded condition... what happens for a period of time BEFORE a...

First off, the compressor pump was originally designed for a 10HP motor. Thus you should be installing a 10HP single phase motor because installing a larger one will operate less efficiently, cause higher starting currents, and require larger starters, wires, etc. I beg to differ. If the...

Agree on no fans required, just the pump flywheel/fan. On my rig the two turns of copper alone take the temp from "blistering" to "touchable" at the heat exchanger input, absolutely cold at the H/E output with the fans running and not noticeably warmer with them off, so IMO the flywheel fan will...

I threw a skid load of 3-10hp 3ph motors in the dumpster last Fall... nice old American iron I picked up free from various industrial jobs and that I kept around for years thinking they would be good for something, like induction wind turbines and such. Lately I have decided I do not need my...

That's true, but he is going to be running that big RPC anyway, so why not just buy a new sheave and keep what he's got... a simple, reliable motor without capacitors or centrifugal switches to worry about. As I said before, that big old compressor with doubtless plenty of inertia might actually...

86 - I'm not talking about slowing down the motor, only the pump, which is the device that consumes the power and establishes demand based upon the combination of RPM and pressure. Slowing down the motor gets you nothing but a less efficient, hotter running motor. Without graphs on the motor...

86 - You should read your own writing, "You guys need to think in terms of energy not current." You don't have to change the motor, just change the motor sheave to bring the pump RPM down to 350-400 RPM and the power consumed will drop proportionally and, if you are now running 600-800 RPM...

"you'd be grounding the neutral in 2 locations, at the service and at the shed." ...which in the past was not deemed a problem as long as there was no continuous metallic ground connection or conductor between the two structures, since any improper current through the ground path would be as...