My air compressor is a 220V, 6.5HP, 175 PSI unit with 80 gal tank.
We lost power last week for four days. I turned off the breaker
to my air compressor before firing up the generator so it was not
run on generator power at all.
When the power came back on, I turned the breaker back on and
the compressor ran until it tripped the breaker on it's own.
I decided to see if it had built any pressure at all so I plugged a
300 PSI gauge into the air line and slowly turned on the air valve.
I shut the valve back off when it showed 275 PSI. Way above 175.
I haven't tested the pressure switch yet, but I assume it is fused.
What do you think? What else could it be?
We lost power last week for four days. I turned off the breaker
to my air compressor before firing up the generator so it was not
run on generator power at all.
When the power came back on, I turned the breaker back on and
the compressor ran until it tripped the breaker on it's own.
I decided to see if it had built any pressure at all so I plugged a
300 PSI gauge into the air line and slowly turned on the air valve.
I shut the valve back off when it showed 275 PSI. Way above 175.
I haven't tested the pressure switch yet, but I assume it is fused.
What do you think? What else could it be?