Best 110V air compressor

[jeepn4life]

This is my situation. I am in the military, and always moving. Right now I have a detached garge and it is 100 feet to the dryer outlet. I have good power. Even after the 100 foot run with 8AWG wire, I still have 244Volts in the garage now... I have a Hypertherm 600 and a Miller 210... So With both those machines, I am pretty much maxing out the circuit, or at least close... I cant run another extention cord, and I need the air compressor to be able to work at the same time as the plasma b.c obviously the plasma needs air.

Right now I have a little poc hausfield camble twin stack 4 gallon thing that says it puts out 6CFM at 90 psi, but i dont know if I believe it.. Anyways, with that small tank, moisture doesnt have time to condense, and it runs alot...

Anyone have a solution to my need for a good high output 110V air compressor,

[Goat]

You might be hard pressed to find something that is better than that. All 115v pumps are maxed to run on 15amp circuits. Which gives you about 2hp on the motor most compressors push out 4cfm @ 90psi per hp...so the top of the line will get you about 8cfm @ 90psi.

Have you thought about getting an engine driven unit instead or running the plasma off a tank of nitrogen?

[BumpyDodge]

I have been in the same scenario. It doesn't sound like you're in Base housing which is a plus. I wound up getting a Lincoln Weldanpower AC/DC engine drive (early 90's mfg) from a lady selling an old Dodge welding truck that my friend was looking at for parts. The truck was junk so she was happy to get some $$ for the welder. It has about 6000 watts of aux power- 115vac and 220 vac. I also got an old quincy compressor that had been "rigged" to run with a 12 HP Kohler :smokin: . If you search industrial and machinery ads for a while, a lot of older beat-up engine drive machinery can be had for hundreds - not thousands. Uncle Sam will move it just like any other personal goods, just have to comply with the drain/purge tank requirements. You do need an engine hoist and a pickup to move most of this crap. A nice fringe benefit is that you can make a little money on the side with it too. Just make sure the noise is in THEIR driveway.

[Kartracer55]

Hmm. I can think of two things. Either A, see if you can pickup a 60 gallon tank and hook up that CH compressor to it. It will give you a huge resivior, but Your compressor will be running non stop to try and fill it, which will kill its life.

OR

We decided we wanted air in our garage, but didnt have 220. We called eaton and they said they could put together a compressor for us that would run on 110 and put out like 9 cfm at 90. Still better than a little portable one. We decided that this wouldnt cut it and we ran a 220 line, and bought a larger eaton unit. We are very happy with it. I think they quoted us like 600 for the 100 unit. Just explain to the owner (matt) what you situation is, and he will gladly help you out, just like he did with us.

Jim

[Old Scout]

I bought one of these 10 years ago. Zero problems:
http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/productdetail.jsp?xi=xi&ItemId=1611769006&ccitem=

[Kartracer55]

A friend of mine has one of those speedaires. Maybe its because its at elast 20 years old, but the thing takes forever to pump up. I have a feeling it might be tired, but it is very well built.

Jim

[BMB]

How about this.

http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=6970&productId=207226&R=207226

Single stage, but twin cast iron cylinder pump. I bet its much beter than any of the oilless or single piston 120v units.


BMB

[AV8OR]

Try this link. It won't solve your problems but it might give you a little more information:

Air Compressors for Newbies- by Forrest Addy (http://www.practicalmachinist.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=8;t=000039)

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