I believe a smaller motor pulley would be required to reduce the load on the
motor.
Don Young
"Ignoramus6433" wrote in message
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On 18 Oct 2005 20:24:07 -0700, stone wrote:
I have a home brew air compressor which uses
an electric motor. It uses a pressure switch
to stop the motor when the tank reaches full pressure.

I'd like to put a small gas motor on the compressor
because the electric motor usually gets hot and
shuts down.

Your easy, 5 minute alternative is to put a bigger pulley on the
motor.

i