Air Compressor Time

[OkieFishMan]

A good bit I have an 80 gallon tank on my compressor . I have an Esab 1125 it will sever an 1 1/8” way bigger then I will ever need but the price was right, work was gonna throw it out lol 9 bucks for a few MOVs and I was burning steel lol

Hell yeah! Can't beat a deal like that. I have no idea how much plasma cutters use. I just know that my media blaster uses 12 cfm @ 90psi and the compressor cycles off and on even when running the blaster nonstop for 15 minutes. Quincy makes a hell of a compressor in my opinion.

 

[Honky Kong jr]

Hell yeah! Can't beat a deal like that. I have no idea how much plasma cutters use. I just know that my media blaster uses 12 cfm @ 90psi and the compressor cycles off and on even when running the blaster nonstop for 15 minutes. Quincy makes a hell of a compressor in my opinion.

My bad mines 70 gallon this one not what I paid tho lol https://store.snapon.com/Air-Compre...-5-0-HP-175-max-PSI-Single-Phase-P644437.aspx

 

[Honky Kong jr]

My bad mines 70 gallon this one not what I paid tho lol https://store.snapon.com/Air-Compre...-5-0-HP-175-max-PSI-Single-Phase-P644437.aspx
And this is the air requirements

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I have to admit I don’t know what all that stuff means but the compressor keeps up lol

 

[Mr Clean]

Thanks everyone. I think it should do me for the rest of my life. If not it can be fixed, it's not the kind you just get rid of and go buy another. I have one more question. Should I hard wire it to my breaker box, or get a plug box, and wire it that way.

 

[Honky Kong jr]

Thanks everyone. I think it should do me for the rest of my life. If not it can be fixed, it's not the kind you just get rid of and go buy another. I have one more question. Should I hard wire it to my breaker box, or get a plug box, and wire it that way.

I’d hard wire with a fused disconnect between it and your panel. That’s what I did with mine again just my .02 if **** goes wrong better to blow some fuses then burn your garage down.

 

[OkieFishMan]

My bad mines 70 gallon this one not what I paid tho lol https://store.snapon.com/Air-Compre...-5-0-HP-175-max-PSI-Single-Phase-P644437.aspx

The Quincy is rated 15.2 cfm @ 175psi and yours is 17.5 cfm @ 175psi. So they are in the same ballpark.

 

[OkieFishMan]

Thanks everyone. I think it should do me for the rest of my life. If not it can be fixed, it's not the kind you just get rid of and go buy another. I have one more question. Should I hard wire it to my breaker box, or get a plug box, and wire it that way.

I put a plug on mine and installed an outlet in my wall. I thought in the future I may need to plug something else in. I believe I used a 40 amp breaker.

 

[Honky Kong jr]

The Quincy is rated 15.2 cfm @ 175psi and yours is 17.5 cfm @ 175psi. So they are in the same ballpark.

Yup like I said before I was curious I wasn’t picking on them I know they are a quality unit.

 

[bucket]

I just wired mine right to the breaker box. I leave power to it all the time unless I'm out of town, then I just flip the breaker off.

I also used a 30 amp breaker because that's what I had already. A 40 would be better, but it's never tripped the breaker yet.

 

[Honky Kong jr]

I just wired mine right to the breaker box. I leave power to it all the time unless I'm out of town, then I just flip the breaker off.

I also used a 30 amp breaker because that's what I had already. A 40 would be better, but it's never tripped the breaker yet.

The bad part about that is every time you flip the breaker it gets weaker but it don’t appear your ever home so it sits in the relaxed position

 

[bucket]

The bad part about that is every time you flip the breaker it gets weaker but it don’t appear your ever home so it sits in the relaxed position

Lol, yeah it doesn't get switched often. Although thinking about it now, I could just flip the little switch on the compressor's box doohickey. Durr.

 

[Honky Kong jr]

Lol, yeah it doesn't get switched often. Although thinking about it now, I could just flip the little switch on the compressor's box doohickey. Durr.

I took an old crane down so I re tasked one of its disconnects for mine over kill but I always manage to pinch my finger on the doo hickey switch lol

 

[LDO]

Hey folks, how happy are you with that Quincy from lowes? I was told to go for the 7.5 HP but it is so much more out of my budget that I was considering the 5HP.

My primary use will be to paint with it and run grinders, etc...

I was also looking at the I.R. at Tractor Supply 80 gal tank. I've read that there is a difference in quality between the 5HP and 7.5 HP with these as well....

 

[foamypirate]

Hey folks, how happy are you with that Quincy from lowes? I was told to go for the 7.5 HP but it is so much more out of my budget that I was considering the 5HP.

My primary use will be to paint with it and run grinders, etc...

I was also looking at the I.R. at Tractor Supply 80 gal tank. I've read that there is a difference in quality between the 5HP and 7.5 HP with these as well....

I've been extremely happy with my 5HP Quincy. Even while sandblasting, which is basically a giant air leak, it will cycle the compressor off because it stills builds up pressure. I haven't found anything it can't run yet. Wide open die grinder, impact, painting, sandblaster, it's handled it all perfectly.

 

[bucket]

Same here. Nevermind that the higher price unit was out of the budget, anything more than the 5hp Quincy would have been downright overkill.