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Roof Cleaning New Jersey · May 18, 2011

Electric Compressor

Roof Cleaning Virginia 540-949-6277 · Roof Cleaning Institute of America Premium Member/MODERATOR

My concern with electric would be the size of wire you will need for a 150' cord. Some compressors do not like long cords. The bigger they are, the more they pull. I have had trouble with that in the past so I always made up the difference with hose, but that was for nail guns. Also, if you plug into a 15 amp circuit, it won't be able to handle the load from the compressor. Home owner gone, home locked, breaker tripped. You're screwed!

Brett

-- Edited by Roof Cleaning Virginia 540-949-6277 on Thursday 19th of May 2011 08:00:45 AM

Roof Cleaning New Jersey · May 19, 2011

True dat. Thought about the tripping breaker after i posted. Thats a good enough reason alone not to use it. Thanks for chiming in.

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They shoot people down here for tripping breakers cry

Or, just get you a small gas generator to run your electric compressor ?

May 19, 2011

ED, what about a small generator to run it off of if nessacary? I know then why not just a gas comp. but if it;s cheaper and won't have as many problems as the gas at times that you need to use the generator it may be worth it?

Roof Cleaning New Jersey · May 19, 2011

Thought about that also Pat. But your right also why go through all that when you can just get a gas compressor. They seem to have some decent 12-13 amp compressor. I do think that is still capable of blowing a fuse. I just think it would be a nicer and more trouble free way of going about it. Hook up a nice little reel with 150' of cord and go. I will not try to invent the wheel.

Maverick Contracting · Premium Member Roof Cleaning Institute of America

Just thinking of setting up an Air diagphram too and have an electric comp. as well so no extra cost there and a generator that finally got working after the hurricaine disbelief .

Now I'm thinkin maybe I can run it off the deep cycle marine battery? With a converter of course.

Or would wiring a converter off the car battery be not a good idea or need an upgraded alternator?

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That might get spendy Adam. This inverter can only push 750 watts, but is $300.

You'd definitely want a deep cycle / marine battery to stand up to that type of discharge. Automotive batteries will work for a while, but it drastically shortens their life.

I have a 3000w hydraulic generator on the truck and may look in to Ray Burke's electric pump set up one of these days. He's the expert on the topic.

Maverick Contracting · Premium Member Roof Cleaning Institute of America

Which is why to start off I went w/12v. I don't want to rely on running a cord out of a customers house. Either I buy a gas compressor or hook up my eletric to the generator and have to haul on/off truck. When I get to doing this on a reg basis I'll have to invest in a compact setup (air) or dedicated truck. My current ultra compact 12v setup will do for now.

Your hydraulic generator I assume runs off the homes water supply? If so is it limited by the taps water pressure/flowrate?

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"Your hydraulic generator I assume runs off the homes water supply? If so is it limited by the taps water pressure/flowrate? "

It's PTO driven Adam. It's powered by the truck's engine.

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