Home garage compressors
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I'm after a cheap but reasonably capable compressor for my garage. It will be predominantly driving things like impact wrenches but might occasionally also get used for spraying, sanding and other sustained-flow type applications. This Wolf one appears to tick all the boxes at a fairly sensible price, anyone know if it's any good?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wolf-90-Litre-150PSI-Bel...
Or can anyone recommend a better compressor for the same sort of money?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wolf-90-Litre-150PSI-Bel...
Or can anyone recommend a better compressor for the same sort of money?
it looks reasonable... Mine is roughly the same size but it still struggles with running my bead blast cabinet and spraying anything more than a single panel. To overcome this I also have a large calor gas bottle outside at the back of the garage as an extra tank. this works a treat.
Not sure this will run off a 13 amp socket? what currant does it pull?
Not sure this will run off a 13 amp socket? what currant does it pull?
Edited by buzzer on Tuesday 16th July 15:44
buzzer said:
kambites said:
buzzer said:
Not sure this will run off a 13 amp socket? what currant does it pull?
No it wont, but that's fine. I'm rewiring the garage completely anyway so I'll shove in a 26 amp spur for it. 
Conian said:
Wolf went bankrupt a few years ago so make sure this isnt really old stock thats been sat around a long time.
Yeah, the original company went bankrupt and then was bought out by some Chinese firm, IIRC (at least the name was, dunno about the designs). This is just another compressor from the same factory in China that churns out all the budget compressors, I suspect, but that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with it. Conian said:
as far as i know, UK home shopping is the guy who used to own wolf
much of wolf's designs were bought by a british company
ask the year of manufacture and availability of parts before buying
Ah OK, that I didn't realise. Cheers. much of wolf's designs were bought by a british company
ask the year of manufacture and availability of parts before buying
ETA: From reading around various threads on the internet, it seems that "UK Home Shopping" company bought the name "Wolf Air" when the old company went under and is now sticking the badge on cheap imported compressors, so parts availability should be OK. Parts availability for the original Wolf Air compressors does seem to be a problem, though.
Edited by kambites on Wednesday 17th July 09:08
DrDeAtH said:
It was the 26 amps that seemed strange.....
I take it you meant a 16 amp supply, that way you can wire in a commando socket (blue plug) for the compressor.
I mean a 5 square mm copper core; that used to be 26 amps, have they changed the guidelines? Last time I looked 2.5mm was rated as 13 amps, I think. I take it you meant a 16 amp supply, that way you can wire in a commando socket (blue plug) for the compressor.
I was going to wire it straight in to the mains via the type of switch you use to turn off ovens (which seem to vary wildly in current rating), but I guess I could one of those round 16 amp plugs.
ETA: Guess I'd better download the latest part-P rubbish, really.
Edited by kambites on Sunday 21st July 21:59
DrDeAtH said:
2.5 mm to be used on a max 20 amp supply
4mm up to 32 amps
6mm up to 40 amps
Look to use a 'C' type breaker if you are going to use a big compressor as sometimes the motors will trip a 'B' type on startup.
Ta, so a 2.5mm spur will be fine for anything up to about 5hp. 4mm up to 32 amps
6mm up to 40 amps
Look to use a 'C' type breaker if you are going to use a big compressor as sometimes the motors will trip a 'B' type on startup.
Edited by kambites on Monday 22 July 17:54
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