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Thanks for the advice on the first run. It didn't sit for too long. It was in service just a few months ago. But I think I'll plan to be far from it on the first high pressure run anyway. I tapped the bottom of the tank with a hammer to make sure it wasn't overly thin. But not sure that is a...

I don't see a separate box wired to the motor besides the 4x4x4" pressure switch box that has power going through it. There is also a special switch box in the power line between the source and pressure switch. It is a GE heavy duty switch of some sort with thermal protection I was told. That...

Here is a picture of the pump tag. There is a stamped 5G in the lower left silver rectangle. Westinghouse air brake company. From what I'm reading it looks like these were air brake pumps from trains and some companies put them together with a tank to make stationary air compressors too.

Thats good info. Unfortunately the electric motor doesn't have a tag on it. I'm thinking maybe I can measure the running current draw with a clamp meter and get an estimate of horsepower that way. Or is there some other way to get power from an electric motor that I'm not thinking about? Maybe...

Hello, I have been reading and lurking here for years, but this is my first post. I finally have something to contribute. I bought this air compressor locally that had been in a local wood shop for a very long time. I really need a decent capacity 220V compressor and this one seemed much...