Recent content by Supertrucker1978

There is a lot of info here. I am a concrete producer so this is what I would do. I would order a 4500 psi exterior mix with at least a 6 inch slump. You could use a 6 bag mix as from my experience they finish better but the company I work for doesn't warranty bag mixes. Don't be afraid to add...

So........Here's where being new to home ownership really shines through. Come to find out what I thought was an 80 amp breaker is really just a 40 amp breaker and my 100 amp breaker is really just a 50 amp. For some strange reason I thought you added each side of a double pole breaker to figure...

The breaker isnt a GFCI, I highly doubt the motor is pulling over 80 amps because I'm sure the shop repairing the motor would have said something. I'm going to try a new breaker today. I just wasn't sure if a breaker could get weak from old age. The House was built in 1969 and the panels haven't...

So my saga continues, Get my motor back from the repair shop, hook it all up and the breaker trips. So I start bypassing the pressure switch, take the belts off, check the plug. Still trips the breaker. I have my compressor wired to a plug so I can run my welder on 240 if needed. Its a...

I sent the motor in to be looked at, it didn't have a wiring diagram so the previous owner wired the capacitors wrong when he took them out to test them. Which they were "good" but weak. They also found out that the bearings in the motor are going out so those are being replaced along with a...

I cleaned the centrifugal switch mechanism and is still doing the same thing, here's a video of what its doing, not sure if it helps or not. There's a place that repairs motors close to my work I might just drop the motor off with them and let them figure it out.

No, the P.O never fired it up for me. He runs an auto shop as a second income and it sounded like he just wanted something newer. And he was selling it at a "I don't want to mess with it price" I turned the pump over by hand and it was building pressure. I priced out new motors so worst case...

Its a single phase 5hp Dayton motor, 230 volt, 24 amp at full load. I have it wired to an 80 amp breaker. The capacitors are of the same value as the original ones that I took out.

I have searched and searched and can't find any and info for my issue.A little back story here. So after years and years of searching for a vintage air compressor I finally came across this Wayne 60 gal horizontal. Fairly priced but previous owner said it needed start and run capacitors. I...

Hello all, found this site while looking up info on my Wayne Air Compressor and decided I would join. Place seems top be chock full of great info and since the quality of affordable tools has gone down I am looking more at older tools with better quality to keep in my garage.