msanderson
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Hi all,
I have an older compressor (Poseidon P100 a.k.a. Bauer Jr II from what I'm told). I just had it serviced and the report came back with the following text:
"Unit in very good shape. Unit was manufactured in 1990 and was originally rated to pump 3.5 cfm. Upon measuring the unit, it is currently putting out 3.2 cfm or running at 91% of original capacity which is extremely good for a unit that is 20 years old."
And the report goes on to say that the actual CFM is 3.2 at 1800psi
So, my question is just how does a compressor age and what does this indicate? Does it mean that there are some leaks round some seals somewhere? I wouldn't have thought so because then it wouldn't be likely to get up to pressure (I have the relieve valve set to 3,600psi so I can fill HP steel tanks at 3,500 with no problem.)
I figured the likelihood was that it was the gas motor (Honda) that wasn't spinning as fast, but by not saying anything like that, to me the report implies that it's more a function of the compressor (the bit about it being pretty good for an older unit).
One other option was that it never ran to its rated cfm and this in fact doesn't indicate anything.
I'm asking because I'm interested in changing the gas motor out for an electric motor and then doing some continuos blending, but am thinking if there is something old and worn out on the compressor itself that I should probably look for a different compressor for that job.
Cheers,
Mike
I have an older compressor (Poseidon P100 a.k.a. Bauer Jr II from what I'm told). I just had it serviced and the report came back with the following text:
"Unit in very good shape. Unit was manufactured in 1990 and was originally rated to pump 3.5 cfm. Upon measuring the unit, it is currently putting out 3.2 cfm or running at 91% of original capacity which is extremely good for a unit that is 20 years old."
And the report goes on to say that the actual CFM is 3.2 at 1800psi
So, my question is just how does a compressor age and what does this indicate? Does it mean that there are some leaks round some seals somewhere? I wouldn't have thought so because then it wouldn't be likely to get up to pressure (I have the relieve valve set to 3,600psi so I can fill HP steel tanks at 3,500 with no problem.)
I figured the likelihood was that it was the gas motor (Honda) that wasn't spinning as fast, but by not saying anything like that, to me the report implies that it's more a function of the compressor (the bit about it being pretty good for an older unit).
One other option was that it never ran to its rated cfm and this in fact doesn't indicate anything.
I'm asking because I'm interested in changing the gas motor out for an electric motor and then doing some continuos blending, but am thinking if there is something old and worn out on the compressor itself that I should probably look for a different compressor for that job.
Cheers,
Mike