I've had this "Stanley" air compressor for about 8 months now:
http://ift.tt/1JNgbtj
They go on sale once in a while - I think I paid $560 for it. Really nice quality (for the price bracket) I think it's related to the Ross/Fini compressors - the gauges are in Bar suggesting it's being specced for a European market.
Rated at 2.5HP and 190 LPM free air, it works well. Except when it's cold. Even when it's climbed to maybe 5 or 10 degrees, it can't get enough revs to switch out the start winding (or it does, but the run doesn't have enough torque and it slows, cutting in the start again) and the overload trips. It takes maybe half a dozen or more attempts, waiting for the overload to reset each time, before it warms enough to run.
So three things occurred to me, it's a new machine, and hasn't cycled that much yet, so maybe it'll loosen up. Secondly, it typically gets left with the tank near full pressure, so when it cuts in, it's soon working against a pressurised tank. Thirdly, the oil is a straight SAE30. So I poured out the original oil, which probably wasn't a bad idea as it was clearly holding a lot of particles from the initial run-in of the new machine, and replaced it with a 10W-40 multigrade. Trying it this morning, after a -3 overnight and when it was probably about 6 degrees, it still tripped the overload, but promisingly, only took 4 cycles before it ran. Now I'm considering trying a 5W-40 to see if that offers any improvement.
http://ift.tt/1JNgbtj
They go on sale once in a while - I think I paid $560 for it. Really nice quality (for the price bracket) I think it's related to the Ross/Fini compressors - the gauges are in Bar suggesting it's being specced for a European market.
Rated at 2.5HP and 190 LPM free air, it works well. Except when it's cold. Even when it's climbed to maybe 5 or 10 degrees, it can't get enough revs to switch out the start winding (or it does, but the run doesn't have enough torque and it slows, cutting in the start again) and the overload trips. It takes maybe half a dozen or more attempts, waiting for the overload to reset each time, before it warms enough to run.
So three things occurred to me, it's a new machine, and hasn't cycled that much yet, so maybe it'll loosen up. Secondly, it typically gets left with the tank near full pressure, so when it cuts in, it's soon working against a pressurised tank. Thirdly, the oil is a straight SAE30. So I poured out the original oil, which probably wasn't a bad idea as it was clearly holding a lot of particles from the initial run-in of the new machine, and replaced it with a 10W-40 multigrade. Trying it this morning, after a -3 overnight and when it was probably about 6 degrees, it still tripped the overload, but promisingly, only took 4 cycles before it ran. Now I'm considering trying a 5W-40 to see if that offers any improvement.
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