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Air Compressors - how many bar
Intend buying a new Air Compressor, up to now have used an 8 bar Clarke
model. Looking at Machine Mart they have loads of compressors, many with little difference between them ... looking for a 24 litre air receiver ..... Again there is plenty of choice .... But the key thing is Air Pressure ..... majority are 8 bar models 1.5hp ..... but you can get 10 bar, but they are about 45% more expensive. I was just about to buy an 8bar 7cfm model on sale as a special at a big discount, and then chickened out at last moment. (would be more than double price to get the equivalent 10bar model) Trying to understand if/why I would need 10 bar, all my air nailers etc. run at around 6 bar or less. When do you need 10 bar? .... Assume it can't be for spraying as here it would be cfm that is important not an extra 2 bar of pressure. Anybody any idea ? |
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