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Ken
 
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Default Running 2 x 3HP compressors ?

Ah the "Wanderer" having ceased to post in other UK groups, after
making wrongful accusations of child abuse, has moved on to pastures
new!........................notice he/she is just as unhelpful on here
as other groups that have in the past been blighted by his/her
prescence!

You would be able to run a small blast cabinet without any problems
using a 10CFM (FAD) compressor, but the compressor would run
continously, and you would have to give it time to recover, so would
need to blast in small bursts.

If you need to run a larger cabinet, or need to work continously then
the way to go would be to get hold of a twin 3hp motor 240v compressor,
with a start box which phased motor starts so they didnt start same
time. One of these would provide about double the CFM you have at the
moment, and would run a small cabinet just fine.

If you have a larger size industrial cabinet, then you need to be
looking at 3 phase compressors, or cheaper option if you have the space
and noise is no problem, would be diesel towable compressor, of the
type used for road breaker drills and the like.

k