T&T: Air Comperssor Advice Sought from Listees

[Scott H.E. Welch]

ROBERT J MCDERMOTT <mcdermott55@verizon.net> writes:
>  my preference would be for a 12V DC unit but 115V AC might also 
>  work.

For Island Eagle I put in a small 110V Porter Cable like this one, mounted on
top of a fuel tank:

http://www.porter-cable.com/index.asp?e=547&p=5948

Very inexpensive at Home Despot, and came with a free brad gun. Works fine
with my Trace SW4024 inverter. I use it for general compressed air (parts
cleaning, etc.) as well as to power my air horns. Probably not enough CFM for
a needle scaler. The only problem is that it's incredibly loud. And when you
couple this with the gradual loss of air, the compressor runs about every 8
hours. So that means that if you forget to turn it off, about 2 in the
morning there's a terrible racket from the engine room and you get an elbow
in the ribs from the Admiral, followed by a naked trip to the ER to turn off
the compressor :-(

Scott Welch
Product Manager, FirstClass Group

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