Which Air Compresor to buy?

I think repco had some on sale at the moment, check there as well as nubco if you have one nearby.

Just saw these on tradingpost. Just over $300 with 3hp and nearly 400l/min.........FYI.
Air Compressor 3 on Trading Post ? machinery, portable generators, milking machines, machinery parts, tractors, rural machinery, machinery services and earthmoving equipment at low prices.

The bigger the tank the better off you will be for around the house. I bought a monster one 4 years ago. Best thing I ever did. Cost me $700 for the display unit though.
Trick friends have done is to have a few tanks. Turns the unit on before he even starts to get ready for the job and lets the tanks fill. Then by the time he is ready to work he has several tanks filled ready to go.

I'm thinking of getting a compressor also, I found this one and was wondering:

a) if anyone knows anything about this brand and whether or not they are ok?

b) if it has a 15 Amp plug, apart from a different power point would I need any form of upgrade to my wiring at home to account for this?

Looks like the one I have Josh, I got mine at Bunnings though, from memory it was $349, seems to work well, I've had no problems so far, It won't run anything that uses heaps of air like a sander, but it will run a rattle gun and ratchet spanner, air rivet/stapler and so on.

Baz.

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Looks like the one I have Josh, I got mine at Bunnings though, from memory it was $349, seems to work well, I've had no problems so far, It won't run anything that uses heaps of air like a sander, but it will run a rattle gun and ratchet spanner, air rivet/stapler and so on.

Baz.

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Thanks Baz,

Does yours have the 15 amp plug? Do I require special cabling to account for that or some modification to the circuit breaker box at home? Or is it simply a case of putting on a different power point?

I think I'll have a look at Bunnings then if it's the same one cause it's cheaper.

Cheers

Josh

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Originally Posted by XSiV

Thanks Baz,

Does yours have the 15 amp plug? Do I require special cabling to account for that or some modification to the circuit breaker box at home? Or is it simply a case of putting on a different power point?

I think I'll have a look at Bunnings then if it's the same one cause it's cheaper.

Cheers

Josh

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No Josh mine has a 10 amp plug, also I don't think they sell them anymore, the one we bought was a display model and I haven't seen them again.

I'll have a look at the brand of mine when i get home and take a pic and show you.

Baz.

Cheers Baz,

I think I might just head on down to bunnings and see what they have anyway when I get a chance and see what they have on offer. There's also a trade supply place I know of at kirrawee I might drop in there and see what they have on offer.

Josh

Here ya go Josh
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...pressor003.jpg

Baz.

Baz, yours is twin cylinder, the other ine is a single cylinder. That said, the single cylinder looks identical to my supercheap one, which in turn is identical to a scorpion brand one I have seen