I was reading a zombie drill press thread this morning and almost piled on. Being how this is only distantly related , but recently on my mind , I decided to open a new thread.
I have a cheap harbor freight compressor.
If it's not exactly this one
https://m.harborfreight.com/8-gal-2-hp-125-psi-oil-lube-air-compressor-68740.html
(It's several years old)
Here's the deal.
(Yes it has oil)
Empty (No air)
Comes on runs fine up to pressure , shuts off.
Ok so far.
Now use, drops pressure to whatever the set point is , turns on, runs slow for a cycle or two (revolutions of motor) then trips thermal.
If I reset thermal, it repeats the fail.
If I drain down air to zero.
It runs fine to full.
Truth be told, IIRC it did this since new. It did what i needed when I needed.
I meant to exchange, but let it go and it's well out of warranty now.
I just started thinking about this the other day.
I had to put air in tire and has it out.
My first Thought is maybe a start/run cap.
I have to see if it has one.
Anybody have any thoughts.
This is not a pressing issue (it's a roundtoit)
Thanks in advance
I have a cheap harbor freight compressor.
If it's not exactly this one
https://m.harborfreight.com/8-gal-2-hp-125-psi-oil-lube-air-compressor-68740.html
(It's several years old)
Here's the deal.
(Yes it has oil)
Empty (No air)
Comes on runs fine up to pressure , shuts off.
Ok so far.
Now use, drops pressure to whatever the set point is , turns on, runs slow for a cycle or two (revolutions of motor) then trips thermal.
If I reset thermal, it repeats the fail.
If I drain down air to zero.
It runs fine to full.
Truth be told, IIRC it did this since new. It did what i needed when I needed.
I meant to exchange, but let it go and it's well out of warranty now.
I just started thinking about this the other day.
I had to put air in tire and has it out.
My first Thought is maybe a start/run cap.
I have to see if it has one.
Anybody have any thoughts.
This is not a pressing issue (it's a roundtoit)
Thanks in advance