[Shop-talk] air compressor question

Randall tr3driver at ca.rr.com
Wed Oct 7 17:51:40 MDT 2009


> > Which is exactly why I didn't mention that you can probably 
> turn up the
> > pressure switch a bit in your existing compressor.
> 
> Really?  How do those adjust?

Yours may not be.  But on my cheap "2 hp" 110v unit, after disassembling the
outer housing and removing the cover over the connections to the contactor,
there was a screw that adjusted the pressure.  Turning it in about 2 turns
raised the cutout pressure from 130 psi to about 145.

Randall


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