Showing posts with label air compressor maintenance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label air compressor maintenance. Show all posts

Saturday, August 30, 2014

Porter-Cable PCFP12236 Brad Nailer Combo Kit

Porter-Cable  PCFP12236 Brad Nailer Combo Kit
  • 6 gal, 150 psi compressor allows users to drive a large quantity of nails on a single tank charge
  • BN200C; 18 gauge, 2-Inch Brad Nailer
  • 25 feet of 1/4-Inch air hose with a coupler and plug
  • 100 brad nails of 1-1/4-Inch length

I don't do anything professional or construction with this compressor, it is just for use around the house. It works great, so far. Bought it at HD for $139 on sale a few months ago. I haven't bought any accessories for it yet, so I have only used the 18g nailer it came with. I have noticed that is not enough and I need to get at least a 16g, or bigger. Learning about it as I go.

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Was very pleased with the Brad Nailer Combo Kit. It arrived on time and in excellent condition. It was a Christmas gift and was well received.

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Buffalo Tools AR38 Air Control Unit

Buffalo Tools AR38 Air Control Unit
  • For home workshops and DIY
  • Eliminates dust, water and impurities from air line
  • Extends equipment life and increase efficiency
  • 144 PSI / 3/8-Inch NPT air inlet
  • Max working temp 140 Degree F

Just what I needed to lubricate my tools and filter the air. The price was right and they shipped promptly.

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Installed this in my airline and it has worked great. For the money you can't beat it. I would recommend it to a friend.

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I'm only giving this thing 3 stars because it does work but it's not the best! I paid $30 for it when I bought it and now it's $20. I'd give it more stars if I would have paid the current price. I needed an oiler for my post driver and this did the job. One of the o-rings leaked to begin with when I turned one of the adjustment screws out the wrong way but I was able to get it to stop leaking. Overall, it worked nice because it has a regulator on it too which you can adjust your air pressure here rather than doing it at your tank if you wanted to.

You'll also need a good coupler to go on the outlet end that makes a good seal so you are not losing oil there. The first coupler didn't seal well with the hose plugged in so once I changed that out, it stopped leaking.

Overall, I would definitely buy this again!

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fell apart broke first day i received it and i have no patients nor the time to return it i just bit the bullet

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where do i get replacement o rings for the oiler?It blew out when i turned adjustment screw the wrong way.

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

NEW AIR COMPRESSOR HOSE 50' feet - PVC RUBBER 300 PSI

NEW AIR COMPRESSOR HOSE 50' feet - PVC RUBBER 300 PSIAnd to be honest I have not used it that much. The hose that came with my compressor seems of better quality, but once damaged I decided to by a new hose rather than try to repair. I believe this hose to be durable, but not what I would consider professional quality.

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Porter-Cable PT382 3/8-Inch Pneumatic Impact Wrench

Porter-Cable PT382 3/8-Inch Pneumatic Impact Wrench
  • Durable pin clutch mechanism
  • variable-speed trigger for precise control
  • One touch forward/reverse switch
  • Backed by 2-year warranty
  • 2 year limited warranty

Impact wrench works great but I have two issues. First of all, the connector should be 1/4" NPT not 3/8". Secondly, it's harder than it should be to find the notch that the dial should be turned to in order to set the maximum torque. Having said that, this is a very good product and I would recommend it's purchase.

It's hard to find impact wrenches like this one that can actually be used to tighten without the risk of applying too much torque. Most other wrenches that have torque limiting features don't specify what the maximum torque is at each setting. Without this information, you really have no idea how much torque your applying and the adjustment feature loses its value.

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I have used this with a small compressor to break lug nuts on mud-encrusted kart wheels and to drive large lag screws without bogging down. I am pleased and it goes with me to the cabin.

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nice item...adjustability helps. Not for heavy duty use but does what I eed it for. appears to be well made. Too a couple of trigger puls to get it going initlally but wokrs first time every time now

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I don't use a 3/8 inch impact nearly as heavily as I do my 1/2 inch, so I thought I'd save a few bucks, and get a more moderately priced one. When my package showed up, I was pleasantly surprised at the initial build quality, and general feel of precision of this tool, considering its price. While not on par powerwise with I-R air tools, it is also much cheaper to buy. I haven't used it enough to comment on its long-term durability, but build quality seems good, and power is adequate for anyting you would likely use a 3/8 drive wrench on.

Porter Cable is still putting out some good equipment. Use it most every day and am still happy. Good trigger location and forward and reverse are easy to manipulate.

Sunday, April 20, 2014

Power Bright PW6000-12 Power Inverter 6000 Watt 12 Volt DC To 110 Volt AC

Power Bright PW6000-12 Power Inverter 6000 Watt 12 Volt DC To 110 Volt ACFrom Lowe's (same author) This inverter has so far (about three weeks of use) proven reliable and easy to use. The question is does the average person need a "6000" watt inverter. From what I've learned, it depends mainly on what your appliance starting loads require, not the operating load. If you're going to run a modern refrigerator or microwave oven I've found the 3000 watt starts and runs ok. But I wouldn't recommend it for the big microwave ovens--the 3000 watt unit just can't keep up with the demand. A small airconditioner that has a 1000 watt operating consumption may well require 4000-5000 watts over 5-10 seconds to start its compressor. The 3000 watt inverter has been known to kick off line after only a couple of seconds at 4500 watts and therefore won't start the airconditioner. This 6000 watt inverter does well here with plenty of operating juice to keep stuff running, but puts a real drain on the batteries.

Also worth noting is this 6000 watt inverter seems to maintain more voltage stability--I've run it at around 3000 watts and the its output voltage never dropped below 118 VAC and its frequency remained steady at 59-60 cycles per second.

Botom line is that to-date, I'm very satisfied with the 6000 watt inverter's performance and reliability

First I bought a small inverted thinking it will be enough to power up a big air condition and it failed. Then, I bought this humongous powerful inverter and at first it also failed. Their customer service is GREAT explain the problem. I was connecting the inverter with gauge 4 cables and it was powering up most stuff, but when it came to the 10,000 BTU air condition it failed. Then, they told me to change does weak gauge 4 cables and get gauge 0. After, that it was a beauty. This is hooked up with 2 106AH marine battery for now which I am going to put 10 in total. They are being charge by solar panels for now I only have 360 watts with gauge 4 wires, later I will put for 1000 watts of solar panels.

Quick update, the A/C actually sucks about 4,600 watts for a good 10 seconds before it drops down to regular watt at 890 watts. Sense this thing actually is 6,000 watts and 12,000 peak there is no problem. With does 2 106AH marine battery it last just over 1 hour at night and 1h20min at night.

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I Have a mobile dog grooming business and i didn't wanna put a generator because of the noise,smoke,space etc. so i found out about the power inverter PW6000 and knowing that it will cost a lot will all that you need to buy in order to make it work properly + an electrician,mechanic,etc. i took the chance and so far so good,nice and quiet,clean...green :)

The customer service rocks!!!! always there for your questions and always always the perfect solution.

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The inverter was exactly what I needed and it works very wells.. Has enough power to handle every thing we have plugged in to it, fridge, microwave, coffee pot and still has plenty of power, but is very heavy.. weighs 35 pounds..next time I will request different boxes for shipping.. The remote was damaged when the inverter moved around inside the box, smashed to into several pieces, but I called and it was taken care of immediately.. So I am a very happy customer.

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We installed this unit and it worked for about two weeks then stopped working. We turned on the lights one morning and smoke started to poor out of the back of this unit. We quickly shut off the lights and unplugged the unit from the batteries. We tried the unit again latter that day, same thing, smoke. I am currently looking for another option at this point. Amazon was good to accept this return. However, I was bummed to have to pay the $65.00 UPS shipping and insurance.

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Friday, March 28, 2014

Ingersoll-Rand IRT285B-6 Heavy Duty 1-Inch Pneumatic Impact Wrench with 6-Inch Extended Anvil

Ingersoll-Rand IRT285B-6 Heavy Duty 1-Inch Pneumatic Impact Wrench with 6-Inch Extended Anvil
  • Exceptional power, durability, and operator convenience
  • 1,450 foot-pounds of maximum torque
  • Speed: 5,000 rpm
  • Inlet to prevent hose kicks
  • Six-inch extended anvil

I have not used it yet. Well he hasn't. But it came in 2 days it was packaged great. It looks great. He has wanted one for 10 years, so is a very happy guy.

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I purchased this for a fleet maintenance shop with a couple pf hundred units. It is one of the better if not the best impact I have usd in over 20 years in the business, and at a much better price than I found on some lesser impacts.Great and fast customer service.

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The ship time was way shorter than stated. This is an awesome tool. Pricing was fabulous. Best deal I found after 2 days of call around and Web searching.

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the IR285A-6 was a good tool, the IR285B-6 is now made in China and the durability is poor.

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Product exactly as my customer wanted, price was the lowest on the Net and shipment was prompt.

Friday, March 21, 2014

Amico 1/2" Connector Trigger Air Blow Gun Duster Blue w Long Spare Nozzle

Amico 1/2' Connector Trigger Air Blow Gun Duster Blue w Long Spare Nozzle
  • Product Name : Air Blow Gun;Main Material : Metal, Plastic
  • Color : Blue;Quick Connector Diameter : 1.28cm/1/2"
  • Spare Nozzle Size : 9.7 x 1.5cm/3.8" x 0.6" (L*W);Total Size : 15 x 10 x 2.4cm/5.9" x 3.9" x 0.9" (L*W*H)
  • Net Weight : 130g
  • Package : 1 x Air Blow Gun,1 x Spare Nozzle

I have used this item with excellent success. Before you purchase, make sure you have the corrector connector at home. For example, 1/4" if youi are using a smaller compressor. However, the item works very well and I would definitely recommend it to others.

Friday, February 14, 2014

DuroMax XP650WP 3-Inch Intake 7 HP OHV 4-Cycle 220-Gallon-Per-Minute Gas-Powered Portable Water Pump

DuroMax XP650WP 3-Inch Intake 7 HP OHV 4-Cycle 220-Gallon-Per-Minute Gas-Powered Portable Water PumpWow!!! This thing can MOVE water!!!! It will easily POP a shop-vac hose on the outlet side. I kinda wish there was a speed slower than idle so my hoses would stay together, lol. A 20ft shop-vac hose will stretch another 3ft under the pressure and little jets of water will shoot up. I guess I'm going to have to break down and buy an outlet hose. :D

3.5 gallons of water every second boggles the imagination until you see what kind of forces we're talking about!

The shop-vac hose works fine for the intake side though. A little electrical tape seals the deal. No priming or anything like that.... Just fill the pump with water from a gallon milk jug, plop the intake hose in the water, fire it up and hang on!

The engine runs nice and is relatively quiet. The labels were backwards for the choke and throttle which made it a little confusing when I first fired it up, but no big deal. I'm just tickled pink I can move THAT much water for $200!!! I tried one of those $80-$90 electrical pumps first. I suppose they would be ok to empty a fish tank, but for a pool or pond.... Forget about it. Twice the price I'm moving 100 times the water!

I was a little worried since I've never heard of PowerMax before, but it seems to be every bit as good as a Briggs so far.... They look a lot alike too.

Shipping was super fast. Got it 2 days earlier than I thought.

I bought this pump to replace another one I bought from Amazon 3 years ago. That one ate an exhaust valve and we could not find any replacement engine parts. I have a seasonal flooding problem and each winter my property gets flooded. As far as problems I don't agree with any of the other negative comments.

These are considered dewatering pumps. I have a 20' suction with about a 3'lift. The discharge varies anywhere from 150' to 200' head. I run the engine at half throttle and it lasts about 2 hours running time. The advertisement says it'll run 2.5 hours on a tank of fuel. So not bad.

I took it out of the box, added engine oil, filled the gas tank, hooked up the discharge and suction hoses, opened the fuel valve, choked the carb, two pulls, and whammo, has been running all day.

I don't however understand the output though as it says 220 gpm's. It that at idle or full throttle? No matter, for it's size, cost and easy mainetenance it's well worth the cost.

The only probem I had with delivery was it was supposed to be delivered on 1-15-13 and it didn't make it until 1-18 due to a shipping label mixup.

If I had to buy another pump, this would be my choice.

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If you need to pump a lot of water, this unit works fine. I did not know anything about pumps, but soon learned. Took down to my pond during the drought to learn how it works & it can pump a lot of water...

My final use is to use with my well to pump water to the garden during the hot part of the year...

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Saved me thousands of dollars. Storm Sandy flooded my Dad's basement on Long Island. The disaster recovery companies, "thieves", were charging $2500 $3400 for pump out. With no experience I ordered this pump and appropriate hoses. It was unbelievable! In 45 minutes it pumped out 30" of water in a full basement. A big caution: You can not run the generator dry. Also, priming the pump proved easy, but the procedure was not described in the manual for applications requiring big suction side lifting. The manual indicated that the only necessary priming is to pour a limited amount of water into the pump body through a plug on top of the pump. This is probably not adequate if you need to suck up a significant lift such as 6 feet down a basement. I was advised by someone with a lot of experiences to fill up the entire discharge hose if possible, and possibly part of the suction side, in addition to the pump body as indicated in the manual. Once you get a big column of water moving on the discharge side, the resultant vacuum will pull the water up into the pump on the suction side. Use the water in the discharge side hose to keep the pump full and wet while you wait for the pump "to catch". It took close to a minute, but man did it pump. Worked first try. For this reason you probably need a long discharge hose to prime the pump effectively for a long suction lift. I imagine many people think that they can skip buying a discharge hose. This would be a mistake. If you only need to lift a couple feet then no discharge hose is probably necessary. I bought a hose kit with 20 ft suction and 25 ft discharge. I followed the advice above and it worked great! I will say that the required massive and stiff 3" suction hose is awkward to handle, and it was a bit of overkill. The pump became useless at about 3" of remaining depth. It just sucked a hole in the water and sucked mostly air. A pool cover pump loaned to me was able to suck the floor nearly dry, less than 1/4". The sump pumps seemed to require at least 1.5 inches of water to operate. I am no expert, but I had great results with this gas pump and I think above advice is accurate.

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This pump gets a 5 star rating because it costs $220, it is not contractor quality. I have used it 4 times over the past 2 years. Warning = the hoses & fittings for the pump cost more than the pump itself. If your a homeowner who needs a high volume pump once in a while, you wont find a better deal.

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Thursday, October 24, 2013

Merrill Mfg. PG100 Steel Pressure Gauge

Merrill Mfg. PG100 Steel Pressure Gauge
  • 2" Steel Case
  • Rated 0 to 200 P.S.I.
  • 1/4-Inch NPT male thread Brass

For under $5 what can you say, but great value.

Works just fine for less than those at big chains.

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This gauge works fine on my small oilless compressor. It is very easy now to see how much air pressure the pump is producing.

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Use this on a Master Flow MF-1050 portable compressor... so far seems to work very well. Good build quality and appears accurate.

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It is a pressure gauge, what more can I say it looks well made and it works. Better made than Performance Tool W10055 Air Tank Gauge http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000N349HO/ref=cm_cr_rev_prod_title.

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I am using this meter to measure static water-pressure on my main water-line, on my home. It works perfectly. It reads well from a distance and leaks not a drop!