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  • It Just Doesn't Freaking Stop!!!

    From Bob La Londe@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 21 12:41:10 2024
    ... or rather it does stop, but not when you expect.

    Yes, I am talking about that Craptor Supply / Craptersol Rank air
    compressor again.

    I put in a full day in the shop yesterday. I was done, playing on the
    computer and sipping on an ice tea when I heard the compressor kick on
    and then kick immediately back off again.

    I said the heck with that shit, turned off the contacter and headed in
    the house. This morning I found nothing obviously wrong, but it
    wouldn't start. The breaker was tripped in the bub panel. I played
    with various ideas on soft starting the compressor, but decided to check
    the next obvious likely problem first.

    I cycled the compressor on and turned it off. There was no hiss. I
    grabbed a wrench, loosened the line... and there was the hiss. The
    unloader has failed. Cold the motor has enough juice to start the
    compressor, but after running all day in a hot shop with 113-117F
    outdoors (more in direct sunlight) beating down on a metal roof the
    resistance was just to high. I can run for a few days the way it is,
    but I am about to order a new contacter and unloader. I suppose I
    should make sure I have a spare check valve on hand too. Yes you can
    sometimes clean check valves, but it usually doesn't last long.

    Any day I expect the bung to blow out the bottom of the tank, or the
    compressor to throw a rod through the block.

    In my opinion based on my experience Ingersol Rand and Tractor Supply
    colluded to defraud customers with this abomination.

    --
    Bob La Londe
    CNC Molds N Stuff

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  • From Bob La Londe@21:1/5 to Jim Wilkins on Sun Jul 21 14:28:03 2024
    On 7/21/2024 1:21 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
    "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:v7jo8l$7kno$1@dont-email.me...

    ... or rather it does stop, but not when you expect.

    Yes, I am talking about that Craptor Supply / Craptersol Rank air
    compressor again.
    ...
    Any day I expect the bung to blow out the bottom of the tank, or the compressor to throw a rod through the block.
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    When I brought the 80 gallon tank + motor home I took the motor off,
    poured some diluted LPS-3 into the tank, sloshed it all around and hung
    the tank up in the sun to drain. The condensate has never shown rust color.


    That was more a show of my frustration with the craptacular quality of
    this machine than an actual expectation the tank will explode.

    That being said, LPS3 is some good stuff. I remember when it was
    introduced at a trade show and the demo guy kept spraying it into a
    corded electric drill and then operating it under water in a tank. Mid
    70s maybe. I am sure he took every other trick to be "safe" like rubber
    soled shoes, isolated tank, etc, but still it looked impressive.

    --
    Bob La Londe
    CNC Molds N Stuff


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