Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Buying an Air Compressor

Hello, It can be a bit tricky when deciding which air compressor to buy, so as I have had over 25 years experience in the compressed air industry I thought I'll do sort of abeginners guide.


The first thing to think about is what application you will be using the machine for home use, semi industrial, industrial. For machines that your going to use a home you may want to think about noise levelsmost of the cheap direct drive machines are very loud when they kick inand can wake half the street up good machines forlow dB(a) levelsare SCREWcompressors and HYDROVANE compressors, look for something with about 50 to 60 dB(a). Both SCREW and HYDROVANE compressors come at a price even second-hand but its the same as everything you get what you pay for, the other thing to consider is your electrical supply most houses will only have240 Volt sockets so make sure it's either 240v or'Single Phase'.


New and second-hand guide:


New Hydrovane v01 = 1000-1200 Second-Hand 300-600 (Depending on usage)


New Screw = 1700-2200 Second-Hand 500-1000 (Again depending on usage)


Thanks for looking I hope this information was of help please emailuser id airlink-ukfor further info.

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