On 9/14/2013 9:06 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
... a friend gave me an
air compressor. ... Sears oilless,...

'Don't know the friendship's history, so he gets the benefit of doubt.
Otherwise, someone who gives you an oilless compressor is not a friend.

So now you know better: never take an oilless - they are not worth the
"owing" that the giver attaches to them.

Bob

This one got up to 120 PSI, and started to pop
the relief valve. At the present moment, it
seems to compress air.

I brought it back this afternoon (Sunday Sept
15, 2013) and he'll work on it, see if he can
fix it. We've been friends for a year or so,
and he's always treated me well. I have no
reason to doubt that he thought it was working.

Tonight we got together to test discharge a
20 or so year old fire extinguisher, which had
been in storage.

I sense you don't like oiless units?


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On 9/15/2013 4:37 PM, Bob Engelhardt wrote:
On 9/14/2013 9:06 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
... a friend gave me an
air compressor. ... Sears oilless,...

'Don't know the friendship's history, so he gets the benefit of doubt.
Otherwise, someone who gives you an oilless compressor is not a friend.

So now you know better: never take an oilless - they are not worth the
"owing" that the giver attaches to them.

Bob

On 9/15/2013 7:49 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
...
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

In article ,
Bob Engelhardt wrote:

On 9/15/2013 7:49 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
...
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

"Bob Engelhardt" wrote in message
...
On 9/15/2013 7:49 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
...
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

The compressor guy in town told me the Teflon seals they use instead
of rings has a short lifespan.

"Jim Wilkins" fired this volley in news:l16oh8$goh
:


The compressor guy in town told me the Teflon seals they use instead
of rings has a short lifespan.


I've never seen the advantage, anyway, except for tiny portable thingys
to blow up tires while on the road. Who needs a compressor who's not
willing to check/change the oil once in a while?

Even for medical uses, you still have to fully filter the downstream to
keep out wear particulates and condensed vapors from the environment.

For air brushing and other low-volume apps, they have (relatively) quiet
diaphram pumps. For HVLP, regenerative fans work fine.

Lloyd