Mrodair Compressor Guinea Pig
Hello, a newbie to PCP’s here.
I put in a pre-order for the upcoming Mrodair “Airmax” compressor
Thus, far just an automated acknowledgment receipt from Yahoo and haven’t heard anything more re ETA.
Yep, guinea pig ordering a new product. Hopefully it works out.
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The low side is the one to check.
It can’t just run into the high side.
On the compressors with oiling, removing the low side line (between the two towers) and run for a minute will expend if any is present quickly.
No pressure builds this way, just vents the intake cylinder.
I would say mikes unfortunately was the exception and we must have ran it first that way.
He reported no oil in any cylinder when checking at first, so it stands to reason our test fill was the culprit.
Mike compressor, had a misaligned first stage reed valve that did not show up here at the shop.
A replacement has been sent to correct this already.
So mine might have oil in the cylinder? How will I know if I don’t take it apart? Please provide video how to check. Why wasn’t this done when you were testing it?
That’s 22 amps without the circulation pump and 2 cooling fans.
Mrodair can these compressor motors be converted back to 220 volts?
Thanks, Michael.
I’d prefer to avoid more work if it isn’t needed.
Forgot to mention, no oil is present in these now, we send it bottled and packaged separate, so no worries of a repeat.
No need for a teardown Guy.
The low side is the one to check.
It can’t just run into the high side.
On the compressors with oiling, removing the low side line (between the two towers) and run for a minute will expend if any is present quickly.
No pressure builds this way, just vents the intake cylinder.
I would say mikes unfortunately was the exception and we must have ran it first that way.
He reported no oil in any cylinder when checking at first, so it stands to reason our test fill was the culprit.
Mike compressor, had a misaligned first stage reed valve that did not show up here at the shop.
A replacement has been sent to correct this already.
miksatx, you are indeed way ahead of me. I still haven’t opened up the box. Not much point until everything arrives.
Yikes, based on what you have in your compressor, I guess the first thing I need to do is tear down the compressor and
make certain no oil has gotten into the cylinders BEFORE I try powering it up.
Last thing I want is flammable oil in a high pressure air environment.
At least it isn’t pure oxygen. We have to keep the O2 connectors
completely free of grease at work. HPA isn’t as bad, but it is
still high pressure oxidizer + flammable oil = possible badness.
We got ya covered Mike.
Lesson learned on shipping these with ANY oil in em.
Evidently the postal service laid a few on their side in shipping.
All are now sent drained and oil in separate bottle. (Lesson learned)
If it gets to be an issue, we will send a replacement brother.
Your parts, gaskets ect are inbound.
We ran the snot out of these before shipping them out, now this.
My appologies brother.
Keep me posted.
Hummmm looks like I’m the guinea pig. Tore down the high side. Michael confirmed oil in cylinder. So far the compressor is a piece of cake to work on.
it starts out at around 16 amps…. and builds to 21-22 amps.
30 amp 120v Circuit would be best.
and that is why I’m putting in a 30 amp 120 volt RV circuit
we already know these units will pull more than 20 amps. given a circuit should be kept to a continuous load about 80% of rated, a 20 amp circuit would be overloaded
I bet some pull more then 20 amps.
If your “electrician” friend can’t figure it out then he should go back to electricity school.
I had an Electrician friend of mine install a dedicated 120v 20 A (Standard breaker) receptacle in the garage for the compressor and it still trips the breaker. The water pump is on another circuit. what gives? 😕
WoooHooo! Mine arrived today. Well, the main shipment anyway. Radiator package went out one day later.
Time to wire in the new electrical circuit.
MrodAir apparently didn’t have the space folding technology needed to fit it inside a flat rate box 🙂
Guy
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Tbear,
You are reading something into this brother.
They were checked and tested every one no exceptions.