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RE: SAND BLASTER QUESTION

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Subject: RE: SAND BLASTER QUESTION
From: "Larry Hoy" <larryhoy@Prodigy.Net>
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 20:44:26 -0600
I gotta go with the "not enough air" theory.  When I use my Harbor Freight sand
blaster I use two air compressors, both 5 hp.  It'll work with one but two is
more than twice as good.  (2+2 = 5)

Larry Hoy

>-----Original Message-----
>From: shop-talk-owner@autox.team.net
>[mailto:shop-talk-owner@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Mike Rambour
>Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 6:45 PM
>To: shop-talk@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: SAND BLASTER QUESTION
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>> > My compressor is the 6hp oilless "Professional" Craftsman, with about a 30
>> > gallon tank.
>> > You think I don't have enough compressor?
>
>   Sears, way OVER rates their compressor HP. I don't know how they get
>away with it but if you look at the power draw there is no way you can get
>6hp out of that amperage draw.  I was once told it has to do with "when"
>they rate the motor, you get different readings at start-time, free-running
>or under-load.  Sears uses the one that is advantageous to them and not the
>industry standard.
>
>    I have no idea what that all means, it is only what I was told by a
>friend.  I do know that 2 of my friends 5hp compressors require 22amps and
>put out A LOT more air than my 6hp that requires only 15amps.
>
>         mike
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