Air Compressors
Discussion
Ok, have been looking into these for a while and came across http://www.wolf.tv/product.asp?id=120088 and wondered if anyone had any experience of these??
It has 2 outlets. Can you use these both at once?? Will it do to pump tyres up to 50psi? (I know it says up to 116psi or something, but I don't know if this equates to 116 out the end or not!!). Will it do this and not take hours?? Will it do the wheel nuts on the cars?? Anything else I should know?? Will it come to the race track and run off a genny??
If this is a POS, could you please make a recommendation as to what to get??
This is not for a commercial garage, but we do work on a fair few cars etc.
Cheers
The Moose
It has 2 outlets. Can you use these both at once?? Will it do to pump tyres up to 50psi? (I know it says up to 116psi or something, but I don't know if this equates to 116 out the end or not!!). Will it do this and not take hours?? Will it do the wheel nuts on the cars?? Anything else I should know?? Will it come to the race track and run off a genny??
If this is a POS, could you please make a recommendation as to what to get??
This is not for a commercial garage, but we do work on a fair few cars etc.
Cheers
The Moose
Ok, pretty much yes to all your questions. Most air tools are recommended to be used at around 93 psi although I run most of mine at around a 100, so you should have no problems there.
As for wheel nuts it's more down to the air gun, the more powerful the better, the cheaper ones probably won't undo them so I use a snap on gun that cost on special offer about £150 which is a lot but it will pretty much undo anything.
The only reason I would avoid the compressor in your link is because of physical capacity (tank size). If you only want to use it for wheel nuts & inflating tires & need it to be easily mobile it will be fine but, if you were wanting to use it for maybe sanding, grinding, drilling etc. you simply wouldn't have the capacity & you would constantly be running out of air.
Cheers
The Bob.
As for wheel nuts it's more down to the air gun, the more powerful the better, the cheaper ones probably won't undo them so I use a snap on gun that cost on special offer about £150 which is a lot but it will pretty much undo anything.
The only reason I would avoid the compressor in your link is because of physical capacity (tank size). If you only want to use it for wheel nuts & inflating tires & need it to be easily mobile it will be fine but, if you were wanting to use it for maybe sanding, grinding, drilling etc. you simply wouldn't have the capacity & you would constantly be running out of air.
Cheers
The Bob.
Looks very similar to the 2.5 hp one I got from Aldi(!) a while back, and have had no trouble with it. It's fine for tyres etc, and should run an air ratchet OK, though I'm not sure if the compressor's free air delivery is enough for continual use of air tools, it may need to recharge in between goes. Probably not the best for professional use (109 Bob has just mentioned this)
Its also exactly the same as a SIP compressor that a friend got (and paid a lot more for), and the Aldi one has a 3 year warranty, so hopefully it'll last, and should be OK for light duties.
Cheers,
Mike
Its also exactly the same as a SIP compressor that a friend got (and paid a lot more for), and the Aldi one has a 3 year warranty, so hopefully it'll last, and should be OK for light duties.
Cheers,
Mike
I have one like that at home.
O.K. for simple jobs like blowing up tyres,bit of use with the blow gun,not really man enough for paint spraying unless it's just a touching up job.
As stated the receiver is not big enough, I have used it in the garden for spraying fence panels,could do about three quarters of a panel before running out of air,although it's a lot quicker than using a brush.
For what you are wanting you'd need to spend around £400 and then it would depend on the output of the genny you have,and of course it's then a lot heavier.
O.K. for simple jobs like blowing up tyres,bit of use with the blow gun,not really man enough for paint spraying unless it's just a touching up job.
As stated the receiver is not big enough, I have used it in the garden for spraying fence panels,could do about three quarters of a panel before running out of air,although it's a lot quicker than using a brush.
For what you are wanting you'd need to spend around £400 and then it would depend on the output of the genny you have,and of course it's then a lot heavier.
The Moose said:
ok, excuse my naivety, but what does the size of the tank have to do with it??
Everything. Think of it like a battery. If you're running air tools, you'll 'flatten' it in no time, and have to wait for it to re-charge. OK for occasional use, but you'll soon get hacked off waiting for it to build up pressure all the time.AdeTuono said:
The Moose said:
ok, excuse my naivety, but what does the size of the tank have to do with it??
Everything. Think of it like a battery. If you're running air tools, you'll 'flatten' it in no time, and have to wait for it to re-charge. OK for occasional use, but you'll soon get hacked off waiting for it to build up pressure all the time.Also, would it be really stupid to think you could expand the capacity??
?!?!As you can probably tell, I have f
k all of a clue about this stuff!! 
Cheers
The Moose
The Moose said:
ok, excuse my naivety, but what does the size of the tank have to do with it??
other than that, it all looks like a go!!
Cheers
The Moose
It will be fine for pumping up tyres, assuming car type pressures, and it will run an air wrench. It should run off a generator ( I have a 2.2kw genny, and a similar compressor to the one in the link and it works.other than that, it all looks like a go!!
Cheers
The Moose
The size of the tank is the answer to the how many/how long before the compressor cuts in. The sige of tank on the example will do between 8 and 12 car tyres between charges if they are near pressure, or 1 from flat between cycles. It will do one set of wheel nuts
between charges, or thereabouts. Recharge time will be about 30 to 45 secs.
A bigger tank usually comes with a bigger compressor, which means it may not run of a small generator, so balance air required, vs portability, power availability and transportability
To run air tools for more than 10 seconds, you want a 3HP motor and a bigger tank like this one:
http://www.wolf.tv/product.asp?id=003564
http://www.wolf.tv/product.asp?id=003564
I bought one of those Wolf compressors a year or so ago. It runs my heavy demand air tools like half inch drive impact wrench and three eights drive air wrench that used to be powered by a mahoosive commercial garage compressor with a huge air reciever perfectly well.
Mine came with a kit of accessories - really nice tyre pressure gauge, paint spray gun, air gun, and wax injector gun. All good quality stuff too. At £99 for hobby and DIY use I'd say it's an absolute bargain, but as other posters have pointed out you'd need one with bigger balls for heavy or commercial use.
Mine came with a kit of accessories - really nice tyre pressure gauge, paint spray gun, air gun, and wax injector gun. All good quality stuff too. At £99 for hobby and DIY use I'd say it's an absolute bargain, but as other posters have pointed out you'd need one with bigger balls for heavy or commercial use.
The Moose said:
AdeTuono said:
The Moose said:
ok, excuse my naivety, but what does the size of the tank have to do with it??
Everything. Think of it like a battery. If you're running air tools, you'll 'flatten' it in no time, and have to wait for it to re-charge. OK for occasional use, but you'll soon get hacked off waiting for it to build up pressure all the time.Also, would it be really stupid to think you could expand the capacity??
?!?!As you can probably tell, I have f
k all of a clue about this stuff!! Cheers
The Moose
I bought a cheap (100 pound)'chinese' 2.5 hp with a 50 Liter tank, against the advice of the shop who wanted me to but bigger, better, more expensive, does 12 wheel nuts before tank need to recharge, drives a ratchet, that I've used to undo engine mount bolts, an air brush and a 3/8 drill, dramil etc. Fantastic tool for home garage use.,
Berw said:
I bought a cheap (100 pound)'chinese' 2.5 hp with a 50 Liter tank, against the advice of the shop who wanted me to but bigger, better, more expensive, does 12 wheel nuts before tank need to recharge, drives a ratchet, that I've used to undo engine mount bolts, an air brush and a 3/8 drill, dramil etc. Fantastic tool for home garage use.,
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