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well it was a 5 horse motor. I think the guy said it was a bad capacitor but I bought a new motor at tractor supply and had him fix the old one so I have a spare....thanks for all the help everyone

well it wound up being the motor was bad.....I did learn a lot more about compressors and thanks to everyone's help

looks great!!!!

I use my cabinet a lot! I had a harbor freight one and upgraded to a hurricane I think it is. I highly recommend one for doing restoration type work but I would also make sure to have enough compressor to run it

davefr....that makes sense, heading out to try some stuff now, thanks for the help guys

yes I plan on changing the breaker this morning

I will, can it still be the check valve or unloader if it trips the breaker with all the air bled off the tank?

well I went back out and tried it again. with all the air bled off it STILL tripped the breaker and its warmer now than it was earlier!!! I guess it needs a motor, I don't know!!!!

yeah mine is run with 8 ga. and a 25 amp breaker, never was a problem till last winter, thanks

I wondered about that...the compressor is in an outside building so I haven't heard a hissing but I will go out there tomorrow and listen. I hope its something simple and not the elect motor

when the compressor cuts off....then the air pressure drops enough to cut back on, it trips the breaker

I had this problem last winter but still have not fixed it. I turn on the compressor and it runs fine, then when it cycles and tries to kick back on it trips the breaker. It seems to be worse in cold weather but it was 65 today and still doing it. I have switched to synthetic oil and keep a...

I have the 20 ton and it has done everything I needed it to do so far

I say paint it to seal in the dust and brighten the shop up some too

I bought a miller syncrowave 180 new a few years ago, I really love it but I heard they arent making it anymore but I have had good luck with miller stuff