Loved the vid; great humor too! Keep it up. My compressor, for sure has been 'used' well beyond it's rated duty cycle running a sand blaster, plasma cutter and regular shop tools. I figure, keep the oil up and changed and keep on pressing. The reed vales, this pressure switch and cold start vales are basically the 3 things that can and do go wrong on these - and ALL are easy to fix!
Thanks. I appreciate it! Yep... I've done the pressure switch on mine I think 4 times now and head gaskets twice. The tank on mine is getting so rusty that I'm afraid of it so it's moving into retirement. I just released the video of its replacement a couple days ago.
No doubt, man. That's been the rather surprising story of most of the stuff I've gotten from HFT. I never dreamed that most of it would have made it even half this long, but almost all of it has. Now that things are going up-market at their stores (the next model up that is physically larger than mine is $360, which puts it in competition with a lot of other brands) I'm not so sure that they're the bargain basement value place that they used to be or that it will stay that way much longer. But, on the dirt cheap side of their product offerings, the stuff is just hard to beat if that's the budget you have.
Great video again. For the oil drain , i would add a ball stop valve with some rubber or flared that comes off which would be easier to drain the oil .
Thanks! I'd thought about doing exactly that a few times over the years, but I can't be positive that drain plug is NPT threaded and every time I drain the oil I keep forgetting to check. Plus then I got paranoid about the idea of a ball valve leaking all of the oil out when I wasn't looking. Truth be told, what I'd really like to do is get a hoist, pick it up from the wheels, and drain it from the fill hole like I'm trying to shake change out of it's pockets. ;)
Duty cycle is what separates quality from the home gamer. I'm wondering what you could realistically do to increase the heat dissipation abilities of this thing. Heat buildup is probably the single biggest thing with these cheap units that send them to the grave eventually.
Indeed... Those little guys just aren't built for how I use them, but it keeps taking the outright abuse without a ton of complaining. I can't ask for more for what I paid. Counting the parts I've had to replace, it's cost me about $12/year to own it and that's pretty incredible. As far as cooling, what I've been doing lately is putting a 16" fan in front of it when I'm running it hard and it does make a big difference (at least in terms of perceived cylinder and head temperature). I have a long term strategy for managing my compressed air system that I will likely incorporate an automated auxiliary fan into and possibly a charge air aftercooler as well to attempt to knock some of the water vapor down. But, that's all a project for a bit further out in the future. The nice thing about the system I have in mind, and the upgrades you guys will see that I performed to the HFT in a video coming out soon, is that it's all modular so it can go on to any compressor. So, when the day comes that I can afford a better compressor, I should have some nice infrastructure in place to keep it healthier for longer.... I hope!
Maxwelhse on the next oil change , check the threads I have a non oil compressor , it’s insanely loud but I’ve had it for some time ( 20yrs) Campbell Hausfeld unit
@@tooljunkie6003 I think it's probably gonna go on to the next life before the next oil change comes, but, we'll see. I'm not a fan of the oilless guys, but you've gotten an insane amount of use out of yours for sure!
I have the same one so I have a ? When I started up my psi go 40 then trip the relay then go to 60 not sure if you can help me to diagnose the problem.
The only time I've had the issue with mine is when it's very cold in the shop and the motor can't turn the compressor over due to the thick oil. In your case, I'd probably start going over the wiring to see if anything is obviously a problem, like burned contacts or wire.
Time was on your side on this one... Mine broke down again so I checked for you while I was in there. The physically smaller one (which on mine is blue) is rated at 50 µF, 250V. The larger one, which is white on mine, is 70µF, 250V. Both +/- 5% capacity, 50/60 Hz.
