Thread: Showin' off my "new" compressor

It's so quiet... shhhhhh!

Obviously I used a couple of old refrigerator compressors and hooked them up to an intake and and a pressure switch and a regulator. Take a look! I'm so proud of my baby.

very cool!
I would love to see some building plans or steps to making one of these. A parts list would be awesome too.
I would like to create something like this for a 12 gal tank I have.

How much do you figure you have invested in this setup mnormington?

i think thats cool,,especially, when you work on something and than it works well,,,

Originally Posted by aixguy

Where did you get the pressure switch. I have been going to to this for ages but don't know where to get the swtich that will work properly. Don't want to spend $50 on the wrong thing and be out the cash with no compressor.

I got mine for $5 on EBAY. Do a search on furnas (that's the brand) and you should be able to find one that works in the range you want. I got mine cheap 'cuz I don't know why the guy was selling it cheap but it was new and it works.

Originally Posted by maddjohnny

very cool!
I would love to see some building plans or steps to making one of these. A parts list would be awesome too.
I would like to create something like this for a 12 gal tank I have.

How much do you figure you have invested in this setup mnormington?

Not much really. I must have about $150 in it max. I kept going to Ace harware cuz it's in the heighborhood and every time I would leave with a hand full of fittings and stuff that cost $25 - $35. It always blew my mind. The compressors were free though so that's the secret.

I could put up plans for this one but you have to remember I'm relying on the safety (overpressure) thingy on my Wal-mart air tank for my safety valve. Also I think the compressor on the left is r12 and the one on the right is I know 134a. I want to find another 134a cuz the r12 one seems to run pretty hot. It must be made differently. At any rate just the one worked fine but I figured if one is fine then two is better since they won't have to work as hard.

This was a really fun project and it turns out it works so it saved me $3-400 and that, my friend, is waaaay cool!

IT'S ALIVE, ALIVE!!!!!lol!
What a cool set up Norm. I'm not very mechanically inclined so to see you guys do this is cool as hell.
Nice job.
DIAZ

WOW ...thats sweet...