My son has been collecting tools to start working on cars in the garage and has a few air tools. We were thinking about giving him a compressor for Christmas, but I don't want to rewire the garage for 220. Any suggestions?
2007-11-25 04:54:41 · 3 answers · asked by ND Farmer/ModernHemp 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Te wife is giving me a $250.00 spending limit....and the boy wants a 30 gal....says the air would run out too fast.
2007-11-25 05:30:13 · update #1
The wife is giving me a $250.00 spending limit....and the boy wants a 30 gal....says the air would run out too fast.
2007-11-25 05:30:35 · update #2
He's restoring a japanese microcar
2007-11-25 05:39:03 · update #3
do you need new harbor freight has good units priced right so does sears but have you tried a pawn shop thats where i got my last one 100 gal tank 2 stage ran on 220 or 110 better on 220 hey it was just 150. bucks an work for years just remember to drain the tank every night
2007-11-25 11:38:57 · answer #1 · answered by nikipoo 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are numerous brands and models of air compressors available. I personally have a 1 hp with a 16 gallon tank. It'll run an air ratchet or air impact tool but not for any length of time due to the depletion of air pressure. The recovery rate isn't that great because it's small and it has a single stage pump. It's ok for occasional light duty stuff. But if you want to run a D/A (dual action) sander, forget it. A D/A sander uses way too many cfm (cubic feet per minute) and the compressor just can't keep up. The size of your compressor should depend on the cfm required to run your tools and how much of a recovery rate you need. The better compressors have 2-stage pumps, larger tanks, and larger motors to drive the pumps that require 220 volts. The reason they go with 220 V is because if it requires 20 amps at 110V, then if you go to 220V it will cut your amperage requirement for your motor in half (10 amps) thus making it more economical to run.
2007-11-25 05:13:59 · answer #2 · answered by db667089 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are lots of 110v compressors out there. Oil and oil less types. Oil less is noisy, oil type is a lot quieter. One key consideration with air tools is the cfm they use. An impact gun uses about 4 cfm @ 90 psi. In order to be able to remove a wheel from a car 4-5 nuts , you will use allmost all the air in a 20 gal tank @ 110 psi. In other words , The bigger the tank the better. I would go with an oil type compressor with a minimum 20 gal tank. Sears carry a reasonable unit, and there are some at Home depot. Don`t know where you live but if you look in your local yellow pages you may find a few distributors. Good luck
2007-11-25 05:09:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You just have to compare prices with what you want. and the check with different stores. In our area we have a store called harbor freight which has a good line of products for less then yu might pay elsewhere. You can put that in your search engine and see if there are any near you or perhaps buy on line. I think there are many that run on 110 so you just have to wonder about the best price. A friend bought a small compressor from Harbor Freight that he mounted on a wagon so that he can use it in the garage but also wheel it out into the driveway if needed and it does run on 110. You don't need a gigantic one to work on cars as long as you can get something like 150 psi or so from a small one although it may fil the tank more often than one costing much more with a lot bigger reserve tank.
2007-11-25 05:14:54 · answer #4 · answered by Al B 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2015-08-04 08:10:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to http://www.harborfreight.com/,sure you'll find one.
2007-11-25 05:04:17 · answer #6 · answered by polkan47 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋