[SEL] Air compressor motors

fero_ah at city-net.com fero_ah at city-net.com
Tue Mar 11 15:08:42 PDT 2008


Hi Mark,

Funny you should mention the really good high-end machines...
http://www.oldengine.org/members/arnie/fero.htm

That was their undoing.  The damn things were so well built there was no need
for replacement compressors or replacement parts.  Unlike those POS Brunners...
 8-))

See ya,  Arnie

Quoting Mark Shulaw <frappi at wcoil.com>:

> Some still do use centrifugal unloaders but they are the High end machines 
> where a real 5 hp will cost you $2500- $3500.  Very few people on the list 
> have ever actually seen a good high end machine in real life for sale on a 
> sales floor. As a rule what you see on a sales floor today from Harbor 
> Freight to the big box stores is a compromise for a real compressor. A lot 
> of compromises made to deliver a compressor unit at a competative price in 
> a very competative market.  Most of the time when you wonder why you don't 
> see something, all you have to do is think money and thats where the answer 
> usually lays.





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