<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">I’ve had the same Craftsman oil-less unit for about 25 years. The only repair has been the regulator a couple years ago. My biggest like is that the air is clean when I use it for painting, biggest drawback is the incredibly high noise level. I’ve got a shut off valve right at the air output that does a great job of holding the line pressure. I keep the compressor on all the time and when I go to use it it has full pressure so avoid start up pressurization racket. <br>Best, <div>Bob<br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Aug 10, 2021, at 3:05 PM, Mark Andy <marka@maracing.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Howdy,<div><br></div><div>If I were buying a compressor today and the air requirements were modest, I would be looking HARD at one of the super quiet compressor types that are available now.<br><br>HF link just because it's easy, but there are also name brand versions of this type of thing IIRC...<br><br><a href="https://www.harborfreight.com/26-gallon-175-psi-ultra-quiet-vertical-shopauto-air-compressor-57336.html">https://www.harborfreight.com/26-gallon-175-psi-ultra-quiet-vertical-shopauto-air-compressor-57336.html</a><br><br>Mark</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 2:42 PM old dirtbeard <<a href="mailto:dirtbeard@gmail.com">dirtbeard@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi John,<div><br></div><div>The oil-less compressors probably are good enough for casual use, but the ones that I have been around were noisy, probably because they tend to have aluminum blocks and that they tend to spin at higher RPM than the larger, heavier cast iron oil-type compressors.</div><div><br></div><div>The noise they make also seems more annoying to my ear, anyway. A larger, slower spinning pump emits noise, of course, but it does not seem as harsh as the noise from the oil-less compressor that I have heard.</div><div><br></div><div>One advantage of the oil-less compressors is that they will not inject oil into the air supply if you are spraying paint.</div><div><br></div><div>FYIW</div><div><br></div><div>best,</div><div><br></div><div>doug</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 11:25 AM John T. Blair <<a href="mailto:jblair1948@cox.net" target="_blank">jblair1948@cox.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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Thanks again for all the replies to my original post about my compressor
motor<br>
not working.<br><br>
With all this going on, I have been doing some thinking about having to
buy a new <br>
compressor if I can't get this motor running. That said, this
compressor appears <br>
to come with a 3hp, 4hp, and 5hp motor. I have the 5hp. I
know that when it<br>
comes to getting a new compressor, bigger is better, to the extent of
your budget. <br><br>
1. What is the advantage of the different hp motors. I know the big
advantage<br>
for the 5hp is it runs on 220V. But how does the hp affect the
compressor. <br>
Based on the info in the manual, it appears that all 3 versions have the
same <br>
SCFM specs.<br><br>
My current compressor is an oil lubricated one. <br><br>
2. I see oil-less compressors that supposedly have fantastic specs for
air supply<br>
that are so much cheaper than oil lubed versions. Any
thoughts?<br><br>
3. Any body have an oil-less compressor? How do you like
it? I was reading an<br>
article that was talking about how the oil-less versions have come a long
ways. <br>
They were saying that the biggest advantage for the oil liubes was for
high air<br>
demand over a long time like in a commercial shop. But my dad's
compressor,<br>
a 4hp 220V 20 gal unit and my 5hp 220V 30 gal rig were all oil
lubed. We got dad's<br>
compressor back in the 60s and it was still running when he passed in
2015. I <br>
bought mine back about '90. So I lean toward them. But is
that realistic?<br><br>
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