It Just Doesn't Freaking Stop!!!

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Bob La Londe 2 years ago

... 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 s*it, 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.

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Jim Wilkins 2 years ago

... 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.

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Bob La Londe 2 years ago

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.

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Jim Wilkins 2 years ago

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

------------------- As long as the drill was grounded he was protected, I doubt the LPS-3 made any difference. 240V electric water heater elements corrode open a without causing shock when you shower. I replaced one for a neighbor who complained his water was boiling hot, the element housing had opened and current through the water was bypassing the thermostat, from one leg to grounded plumbing.

LPS-3 isn't perfect, rain and tire splash wash it off clean metal and it's not much help on aluminum, but it has kept my 2000 car and 1991 truck intact and the undercarriage bolts I could reach to spray still unscrew.

There used to be a state fair con in which the salesman dripped his magic go-juice into the carb of an idling car, which revved up with a roar. The trick was to lean the mixture until it would barely run, and turn up the idle to make it seem normal. Anything combustible added to the carb would richen the mixture, then the the high idle setting let it rev up.

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