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Bob Engelhardt wrote:

On 9/15/2013 7:49 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
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I sense you don't like oiless units?

They have one major flaw that is _so_ bad that any advantage, e.g., low
cost, is totally outweighed. That flaw: they're noisy, REALLY NOISY;
OFFENSIVELY NOISY; GET-THAT-THING-OUTA-HERE NOISY. If I was
compressor-less, I would not take an oilless as a gift.

Maybe(!), if you had a lotta' hose and could site the compressor =100'
away ... maybe it would be OK.

Yeah, I don't like oilless.

Bob

From what I've seen of them, they're short lived as well.

An example; a misguided neighbor bought one, and promptly built a nice
carpet lined sound 'enclosure' for it in his garage... it was still
obnoxious.

Didn't mater much as it's diaphragm ruptured within a week or so.

However, his replacement (conventional lubricated) compressor turned out
to be nearly silent in the enclosure, and has been now for years!

Erik