Born_corsa02
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Registered: 20th Dec 02
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I'm lookin to buy a compressor for doin some bits on my car wot sort of cfm shuld i be look for constant Psi HP of motor etc. all help is mos appreciated
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Chris
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Born_corsa02
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Also should i be lookin at one with a big tank or say two smaller tanks
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Kris TD
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
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wat sorta size you been looking at?
a 25/30 litre tank will be perfectly good for anyone other than professionals.
basically it depends how much your spraying at once, i very much doubt you would do more than one panel at once. the bigger the tank just meens you can spray for longer without the airrunning out temporoly
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wolfie
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also you got to look at cmf or some thing similar, the amount of air the tools use when running, my compressor gives out enough air to run tools for 30 sec's every min.
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Born_corsa02
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a 14L twin tank one with 2hp and 32cfm and a 30l big tank one with 3hp and 14cfm
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Born_corsa02
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ttt
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Colour-Tec Coachworks
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Tank size isnt really important, its more whether or not the motor can keep up with the demand of the air tool. Obviously the bigger the reciever(tank) the less it will need to charge and also the bigger the, but a smaller motor will run constantly to keep up... where as if you have a big tank and big motor, you will be able to spray longer without the the motor cutting in constantly... and when it does cut in, it will chrage quickly becuase it has more power.
I dont think it would be possible for a compressor of only 2hp to produce 32cfm. We just bought a compressor that produces 64 and it cost 8 grand
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-Aliba-
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Registered: 15th Apr 02
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quote:
Originally posted by Born_corsa02
a 14L twin tank one with 2hp and 32cfm and a 30l big tank one with 3hp and 14cfm
I also found this amusing 
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Rich S
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we have a screw compresor which pushes out 50cfm and that cost a small fortune. However we have a 3hp one wih a 200ltr tank that can be sold if your interested pushing 14.8cfm, if your interested u2u me
Cheers
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