Air Compressor Setup

[Palmetto]

I aquired a 80 gallon, 5hp, 2 stage air compressor from friend. The electric motor is bad ($300 from grainger), and the compressor has a bad piston. Eventhough the cylinder walls are in good shape, by the time I buy parts to rebuild the compressor, I will have spent close to $600 on parts (new motor incl.). I think I would be better off buying a brand new 60gal single stage compressor becasue I dont really need a 2stage. But, I was wondering if I could hook up the 80 gallon tank as well for more volume just because I have the tank. Put a valve on it to isolate the 80 gal tank if I dont need that much air. I am really trying to figure out something to do with this tank besides junk it.

Would that put a strain on the compressor trying to fill that much volume? I am thinking it would.

 

[aerobb]

Stick with the 2 stage, you'll be happy you did.

 

[kbs2244]

As long as you keep everything cool, you should be able to run it long enough to fill both tanks.
You are just trading long off time for long on time.
If you have it in a tight space a window fan or even just a drug stor table fan wired to come on when the motor does will cool everything down.