How to make an 34cfm air compressor

http://lectricgenius.blogspot.com/ My homemade air compressor. It is an Eaton compressor mounted on a 500 gallon LP tank. I have loads of air, 34cfm of usable air. See most air compressors just give you the displacement, not usable air which is always the higher of the two numbers.

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[purelife500ml]

@purelife500ml it also depends on the pump, some pumps create more HOC, I also depents on what pressure you have it set to, generally if you are using it with tools u will set the tank to 175psig and have a drier and a reg on the outlet, reg it down to 90-100, doing this will minimize cylcle rates, drying the air will lower the dewpoint to prevent airlines from condensing, also depending on the sitch you could add a filter and and oiler on hose outlet and tool inlet.

[purelife500ml]

@waswestkan You can buy an auto drain (120 vac Solenoid) and set it to 1 sec every 45 min, you will minimize air loss and reduce condensate within the wet receiver, you should never have to blow out the whole tank. Condensation all depends on inlet ambient air temp and RH, cont...

[lectricgenius]

@waswestkan Agree with you waswestkan, it is just a matter of personal preference

[lectricgenius]

@waswestkan That is what it is sized for.

[lectricgenius]

@waswestkan Yea man, it can definitely be tough, but wuts worse for me is I have MS on top of havinf the stroke

[waswestkan]

@lectricgenius I'm a stroke survivor as well. I have 6 rural acres, with a nice shop. Sadly with the financial difficulties that came I'm in danger of loosing it all 18 years post stroke. But I managed longer than I though it

[waswestkan]

@kzkevin888 Staying the obvious it's a semi- educated guess as to how often to drain the tank. Depends on how much air you compress whenever you use it & relative humidity. Unless you have a huge volume tank, it should cost that much to refill it every time you blow out the water. If I where you I'd blow it out, the tank will rust. How long will it take to perforate the tank who knows?

[waswestkan]

@Swanny383 A 12 HP would figure to draw about 40 amps at 220 V. Not that crazy considering a clothes dryer use a 30 A, circuit. a Kitchen range a 50 A. circuit.

[DarksideRacingCrew]

Dude, that is just freakin badass!!! I want one!  Rednecks Rock!!

[lectricgenius]

@Swanny383 well actually the first motor i put on here was a 10-12 hp motor. im an electrical engineer and never saw one before or since like it. i thought they were either 10 r 12 horse, but ive never known of one that culd be from 10 12 hp. and the new motor i have on it now, it was like $800 brand new