Thoughts on my New Compressor

[Mr onetwo]

I searched the forum for any reference to these industrial compressors and found none , so here goes. Like most everyone I find it more and more intolerable to work in my shop when the air compressor is running all the time as I age.I have swapped out all my air tools except for my blasting cabinet for Makita 18v cordless stuff and picked up a couple of these KTC rotary screw compressors.They make around 10 CFM at 145 PSI drawing 14 amps.They claim 65 db but I have not confirmed that yet.They are so much quieter than my old compressor and will take up so much less room when I figure out where they will go.I am thinking about putting a 20 or 30 gallon horizontal tank up on a shelf and building a small closet with adequate ventilation to house them.The 2 that I bought have 1 hour runtime on them and were pulled out of a large industrial facility that switched from 1 ph to 3 ph.I think they were probably used for backup of pneumatic control processes.These are Italian designed compressors but KTC/USA is based in Statesville, N Carolina. Very easy to deal with and all parts and tech help are available direct from them.There is no warrantee, but I think it is worth the chance...time will tell.Please give me your thoughts ( I did not pay full price).

https://www.compressorworld.com/products/49889/ktc-compack-2-rotary-screw-air-compressor-w-tank-ring

2021 KTC Compack 2SP 10.2 cfm Electric Rotary Screw Air Compressor

145 psi Working Pressure, 230V Single Phase, 3.68 hp Motor

www.ironplanet.com

 

[gahrajmahal]

I like it. I put a soft start on my old piston compressor but it is still noisy. Yours at $3800 according to your link, even at half of that is way out of my price range. Continue with real world reporting so others can decide if it’s for them.

 

[ecotec]

If it is strong enough to run your blast cabinet and your air hungry tools (DA sanders, air hammer…), I think that it will be fine.

That will, pretty much, be the test.

 

[Walkers]

Looks good to me!

 

[Mr onetwo]

No more hungry tools except for the air hammer.I am going to run the cabinet with 1 and if that is adequate then I will sell the other.Including shipping and fees I paid about $700 each

 

[dnschmidt]

Not enough CFM for big boy spray guns and certainly not enough for a spray cabinet if you're using it for more than a minute at a time. Same is true for air sanders. You need at least 17 SCFM to keep up and 20 SCFM to get ahead and that's with an 80 gallon tank.

 

[Mr onetwo]

that's why I bought 2

 

[dnschmidt]

that's why I bought 2

My kind of man.