Is the IR T-10 compressor pretty decent for light use in a home shop and is
it still in production? It would see mostly general shop use - providing
air for a T&C air bearing, topping off tires, and that sort of thing.

I've finding different model numbers for IR's current offerings and haven't
turned up much on the T-10 in web searches, other than auction listings.

Mike

On Mon, 6 Aug 2007 21:33:57 -0600, Mike Henry wrote:
Is the IR T-10 compressor pretty decent for light use in a home shop and is
it still in production? It would see mostly general shop use - providing
air for a T&C air bearing, topping off tires, and that sort of thing.

I've finding different model numbers for IR's current offerings and haven't
turned up much on the T-10 in web searches, other than auction listings.

It should be indeed decent for light to moderate use. If it looks like
this:

http://www.murphyauctions.net/past/i...mb04/dis04.jpg

i

Ignoramus4185 wrote:
On Mon, 6 Aug 2007 21:33:57 -0600, Mike Henry
wrote:
Is the IR T-10 compressor pretty decent for light use in a home shop
and is it still in production? It would see mostly general shop use
- providing air for a T&C air bearing, topping off tires, and that
sort of thing.

I've finding different model numbers for IR's current offerings and
haven't turned up much on the T-10 in web searches, other than
auction listings.

It should be indeed decent for light to moderate use. If it looks like
this:

http://www.murphyauctions.net/past/i...mb04/dis04.jpg

i

They use that same pump on a 20 gallon horizontal . The motor was fried
on one that was given to me , that pump is now on the top of my Speedaire 60
gal tank . The 20 has an oil-less pump that had a cracked tank ...
Gives me shop air and a portable , all for less than a hundred bucks and a
bit of labor .
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'90 Ultra , "Strider"
The road goes on forever ...
none to one to reply

"Ignoramus4185" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 6 Aug 2007 21:33:57 -0600, Mike Henry
wrote:
Is the IR T-10 compressor pretty decent for light use in a home shop and
is
it still in production? It would see mostly general shop use - providing
air for a T&C air bearing, topping off tires, and that sort of thing.

I've finding different model numbers for IR's current offerings and
haven't
turned up much on the T-10 in web searches, other than auction listings.

It should be indeed decent for light to moderate use. If it looks like
this:

http://www.murphyauctions.net/past/i...mb04/dis04.jpg

i

I'm pretty sure it looks like that one. What's a fair price to pay for one
with reported low use?

Mike

On Tue, 7 Aug 2007 09:02:54 -0600, Mike Henry wrote:

"Ignoramus4185" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 6 Aug 2007 21:33:57 -0600, Mike Henry
wrote:
Is the IR T-10 compressor pretty decent for light use in a home shop and
is
it still in production? It would see mostly general shop use - providing
air for a T&C air bearing, topping off tires, and that sort of thing.

I've finding different model numbers for IR's current offerings and
haven't
turned up much on the T-10 in web searches, other than auction listings.

It should be indeed decent for light to moderate use. If it looks like
this:

http://www.murphyauctions.net/past/i...mb04/dis04.jpg

i

I'm pretty sure it looks like that one. What's a fair price to pay for one
with reported low use?


I would not pay more than $200, $250 if I feel generous and in a
hurry. Used compressors can be found at decent prices. But if you
overpay and pay, say, $350, the worst thing that happened is you paid
$100 more than you could, not the end of the world.

When you do buy a compressor, make a nice compressed air system, with
an air dryer, manifolds, oilers etc, all neatly mounted, it is very useful.

i

On Tue, 7 Aug 2007 09:02:54 -0600, "Mike Henry"
wrote:


"Ignoramus4185" wrote in message
m...
On Mon, 6 Aug 2007 21:33:57 -0600, Mike Henry
wrote:
Is the IR T-10 compressor pretty decent for light use in a home shop and
is
it still in production? It would see mostly general shop use - providing
air for a T&C air bearing, topping off tires, and that sort of thing.

I've finding different model numbers for IR's current offerings and
haven't
turned up much on the T-10 in web searches, other than auction listings.

It should be indeed decent for light to moderate use. If it looks like
this:

http://www.murphyauctions.net/past/i...mb04/dis04.jpg

i

I'm pretty sure it looks like that one. What's a fair price to pay for one
with reported low use?

Mike

That depends a lot on how much you'd rather have a compressor than to
keep looking for the best possible bargain.

If it's a 2stage, figure about $850 new. For a singlestage, figure
about $500.

"Don Foreman" wrote in message
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On Tue, 7 Aug 2007 09:02:54 -0600, "Mike Henry"
wrote:


"Ignoramus4185" wrote in message
om...
On Mon, 6 Aug 2007 21:33:57 -0600, Mike Henry
wrote:
Is the IR T-10 compressor pretty decent for light use in a home shop
and
is
it still in production? It would see mostly general shop use -
providing
air for a T&C air bearing, topping off tires, and that sort of thing.

I've finding different model numbers for IR's current offerings and
haven't
turned up much on the T-10 in web searches, other than auction
listings.

It should be indeed decent for light to moderate use. If it looks like
this:

http://www.murphyauctions.net/past/i...mb04/dis04.jpg

i

I'm pretty sure it looks like that one. What's a fair price to pay for
one
with reported low use?

Mike

That depends a lot on how much you'd rather have a compressor than to
keep looking for the best possible bargain.

If it's a 2stage, figure about $850 new. For a singlestage, figure
about $500.

It's a single-stage, I think, and is supposed to be around 9 years old with
~100 hours use. I'm not looking for the best possible bargain so much as
not wanting to get taken too badly. The seller wants $500 which sounds be a
bit high from comments here unless it has a few accessories.

The seller claims it has a 5 HP motor that draws 15 amps at 220 single-phase
and that sounds more than a little like a Sears HP rating. Maybe he's
mistaken on the HP or maybe I'm mistaken on the single phase. I'll check it
out tomorrow evening if the seller is available then and see what's what.

Mike

On Aug 7, 2:13 pm, "Mike Henry" wrote:
"Don Foreman" wrote in message

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On Tue, 7 Aug 2007 09:02:54 -0600, "Mike Henry"
wrote:

"Ignoramus4185" wrote in message
om...
On Mon, 6 Aug 2007 21:33:57 -0600, Mike Henry
wrote:
Is the IR T-10 compressor pretty decent for light use in a home shop
and
is
it still in production? It would see mostly general shop use -
providing
air for a T&C air bearing, topping off tires, and that sort of thing.

I've finding different model numbers for IR's current offerings and
haven't
turned up much on the T-10 in web searches, other than auction
listings.

It should be indeed decent for light to moderate use. If it looks like
this:

http://www.murphyauctions.net/past/i...mb04/dis04.jpg

i

I'm pretty sure it looks like that one. What's a fair price to pay for
one
with reported low use?

Mike

That depends a lot on how much you'd rather have a compressor than to
keep looking for the best possible bargain.

If it's a 2stage, figure about $850 new. For a singlestage, figure
about $500.

It's a single-stage, I think, and is supposed to be around 9 years old with
~100 hours use. I'm not looking for the best possible bargain so much as
not wanting to get taken too badly. The seller wants $500 which sounds be a
bit high from comments here unless it has a few accessories.

The seller claims it has a 5 HP motor that draws 15 amps at 220 single-phase
and that sounds more than a little like a Sears HP rating. Maybe he's
mistaken on the HP or maybe I'm mistaken on the single phase. I'll check it
out tomorrow evening if the seller is available then and see what's what.

Mike

no thats NOT a sears HP or its BARELY optimistic 15A is 4.4 HP at 220
(REAL CONTINUOUS HP) 4.8 HP at 240V

it might be optimistic but Barely and nowhere near as fictitious as a
"sears" or a chinese HP

The amperage rating is a true continuous rating rather than HP the
amperage rating has been standardized as what the motor puts out for
its rated duty cycle

IMO i'd rather a Dual Stage but i've seen and used far worse. but when
a motor is stated by volts and amps te horsepower you get by
calculating volts times amps is the "real" and continuous horsepower.
if you look at the "Sears" motors their Volts times amps come nowhere
near close to the Claimed HP

On Tue, 7 Aug 2007 13:13:17 -0500, Mike Henry wrote:

It's a single-stage, I think, and is supposed to be around 9 years old with
~100 hours use. I'm not looking for the best possible bargain so much as
not wanting to get taken too badly. The seller wants $500 which sounds be a
bit high from comments here unless it has a few accessories.

Sounds a bit high to me. Check out ebay item 330149208046, which is
comparable and honestly described (it seems). Sold for $112.

You can search eBay completed items for

("5 hp", 5hp) compressor -(7.5*,2.5*,champion,motor,airbrush,honda,gas)

you will see that the prices for comparable models are way below the
$500 that the seller is asking.

The seller claims it has a 5 HP motor that draws 15 amps at 220
single-phase and that sounds more than a little like a Sears HP
rating. Maybe he's mistaken on the HP or maybe I'm mistaken on the
single phase. I'll check it out tomorrow evening if the seller is
available then and see what's what.

At best, 220 volts, 15 amps is 3,300 watt, or 4.37 HP, assuming
unattainable, perfect 100% efficiency. My 5 HP Baldor motor is rated
for 23 amps. It is rated for 82% efficiency and 87% power factor.

i

On Tue, 7 Aug 2007 13:13:17 -0500, "Mike Henry"
wrote:


"Don Foreman" wrote in message
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On Tue, 7 Aug 2007 09:02:54 -0600, "Mike Henry"
wrote:


"Ignoramus4185" wrote in message
news:Qc6dnaR0XPJrRyrbnZ2dnUVZ_ofinZ2d@giganews. com...
On Mon, 6 Aug 2007 21:33:57 -0600, Mike Henry
wrote:
Is the IR T-10 compressor pretty decent for light use in a home shop
and
is
it still in production? It would see mostly general shop use -
providing
air for a T&C air bearing, topping off tires, and that sort of thing.

I've finding different model numbers for IR's current offerings and
haven't
turned up much on the T-10 in web searches, other than auction
listings.

It should be indeed decent for light to moderate use. If it looks like
this:

http://www.murphyauctions.net/past/i...mb04/dis04.jpg

i

I'm pretty sure it looks like that one. What's a fair price to pay for
one
with reported low use?

Mike

That depends a lot on how much you'd rather have a compressor than to
keep looking for the best possible bargain.

If it's a 2stage, figure about $850 new. For a singlestage, figure
about $500.

It's a single-stage, I think, and is supposed to be around 9 years old with
~100 hours use. I'm not looking for the best possible bargain so much as
not wanting to get taken too badly. The seller wants $500 which sounds be a
bit high from comments here unless it has a few accessories.

The seller claims it has a 5 HP motor that draws 15 amps at 220 single-phase
and that sounds more than a little like a Sears HP rating. Maybe he's
mistaken on the HP or maybe I'm mistaken on the single phase. I'll check it
out tomorrow evening if the seller is available then and see what's what.

Mike

What really counts is ACFM at 90 PSI. For $500 you should be able to
get about 11 ACFM.

If the tank is an ASME tank in good condx and the pump is rated for
11+ ACFM at 90 PSI and is in good shape, then the tank and pump are
worth most of $500. A "real" 5 HP 21-amp 220V single-phase
compressor-service motor is about $200, less if you find a bargain.

Ingersoll pumps aren't as good as long-lived as Quincy because they're
splash-lube rather than pressure-lube, but in home shop service they
should last a lifetime. I have an IMC clone of the Ingersoll T29 pump
that has been in service for nearly 20 years and I keep "air up" 24/7
except when we're away for any length of time. I replaced the motor
last year but the pump is still going strong.

replying to Mike Henry, Larry wrote:
I have a t 10 and it's an excellent work horse.


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Larry wrote:

replying to Mike Henry, Larry wrote:
I have a t 10 and it's an excellent work horse.

I always heard that it's better to rent than own.

On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 18:18:02 +0000, Larry
wrote:

replying to Mike Henry, Larry wrote:
I have a t 10 and it's an excellent work horse.

The older T-10s are very good compressors. For a while..bout 4 yrs
ago..a bunch of them were made in China..not so good. But the vast
majority of the 10s are very good machines and easy to rebuild if
necessary

Gunner