Compressor advice

Posted on Tue 15th, May 2018

• #1

Alan_tbt

Has anyone any experience with compressors? Don’t want to spend the earth but do want it to be useable but not industrial. Has to go under my workbench.
• #2

BrickMan

The lidl ones at £80-110 are decent value.

There's a few companies online that sell reasonable ones for under £200. But don't expect to be able to run high consumption devices like drills/sanders/impact drivers or be able to paint with them. Don't produce enough lpm and make a lot of heat/moisture.

Clarke industrial /pro line are better for longevity (can get parts for them easy) but your upto around £350 for something adequate for workshop use.
I got a monster for not a lot used, had around 8-10 hours on it from new (a weeks work in a small workshop). Quite large though 45amp peak starting current needs a decent bit of wiring to power it
• #3

dancing james

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