: : : : Most of the ones I have seen are junk, Please check the motor amps. If you find any five horse running on 110 , laugh. A good 5 horse motor will draw at least 20 amps at 220. I have a 5 horse, 2 stage, which puts out 17cfm of air at 175 pounds. If any motor, runs on 110 and is 2 horse or over, it is a joke. You pay for what you get.Oh man, I gotta put in my two cents worth (a pet peeve about the ratings). The ratings of say 5 Hp at 110 volts is the "Peak Impulse Power" (I call it Fantasy power) of the stored energy of the turning armature (already at rated speed) as applied to the cyclic load (like a hammer hitting a nail). "They" do this to make em look bigger and better... In real life it takes about 750 watts of energy to produce each HorsePower, and that is NOT including the heat and frictional losses. Yeah, you get what you pay for...
: : Good luck, spend the buck, buy the best, you will never be sorry. mine is an IR which I paid 1,200 for. It never lets me down. : : Paul
: Thanks for the reply. I learned about that over rating. Why do they do that? I wasn't looking for a shop compressor so much as a portable one. Got a good deal on an IR myself. I shopped around and this was the best deal. It is a two cylinder and puts out 5.6 CFM at 90 which will run the air tools I own.
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