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pete 23 01-24-2013 09:17:45 74.32.229.189 Report to Moderator	I have a I R 80 gal, 5 hp , dual stage compressor. Burned up the motor using sand blaster. They gave me a new one and I make sure to give it a break while using it now. The electric motor repair shop I visited just shook his head when I brought the motor in. He said he had converted one of them to the lower speed motor for a guy as IR, like most , uses the high speed , light weight motor to control cost. I don't remember the exact rpm but they are something like 1740 vs 3480, electricians would know. [Reply]   [No Email]
XRogerX 01-24-2013 19:32:55 99.254.4.97 Report to Moderator	Re: I-R Compressors in reply to pete 23, 01-24-2013 09:17:45   Yep, the pump isn't the only place they cheap out. IR tends to uprate their smaller pumps by putting a 3hp pump on a 5hp compressor then running the snot out of them with a 3450rpm motor. Then they have the gall to call it a 100% duty cycle machine. That IR synthetic oil must be some good stuff. i put one of these in the control room of a gas well about 12 years ago. It was replacing another 3hp-5hp compressor that had failed. I cringed when I fired it up.... [Reply]  [No Email]