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Starting Air Compressor in Cold

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FarmerDave

12-12-2004 15:51:16




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I got me a new air compressor last week. I been reading here and elsewhere about cold temp makes them harder to get started. I got this magnetic heater I put on the tractor oil pan when it gets real cold. Albert, our tractor, he really takes to this. Will my air compressor be happier too or is there a chance it will get too hot?




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jmoore

12-13-2004 07:39:39




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 Re: Starting Air Compressor in Cold in reply to FarmerDave, 12-12-2004 15:51:16  
starting the motor is one thing, but also if it is freezing weather the reed valves in some compressors will be iced from condensation and stick, if they get distorted they may give some trouble. on my rig i use a heat lamp for a while to warm everything up a set of halogen work lamps work great too.



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Mike from central ny

12-12-2004 20:23:08




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 Re: Starting Air Compressor in Cold in reply to FarmerDave, 12-12-2004 15:51:16  
I've always used a dipstick heater in mine, works great.



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John *.?-!.* cub owner

12-12-2004 18:42:57




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 Re: Starting Air Compressor in Cold in reply to FarmerDave, 12-12-2004 15:51:16  
If your compressor is oiless, you don't need it. Assuming it's not oilless only use the heater for short periods to warm the oil when it's realy cold.



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kraigWY

12-12-2004 17:43:36




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 Re: Starting Air Compressor in Cold in reply to FarmerDave, 12-12-2004 15:51:16  
don't know, my ac is a 6.5 hp, 60 gal. I have it outside my shop but in a covered 3 sided carport type garage, I never have any problem with it in the winter and it gets below zero often here in the winter. I do drain it often though. I also have a portable ac that I also store in the garage for nailer and such, I dont have any problem with it either.



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old

12-12-2004 16:10:42




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 Re: Starting Air Compressor in Cold in reply to FarmerDave, 12-12-2004 15:51:16  
I usto have a box around my compresser and and elec. heater in it but I don't use it that way any more. My comp. seems to work just fine with out it unless I forget and leave it turned on when I'm not useing it then it burns out the belt



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NC Wayne

12-12-2004 16:10:06




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 Re: Starting Air Compressor in Cold in reply to FarmerDave, 12-12-2004 15:51:16  
We've got a 7.5HP Quincy at the shop. Before we added on to the back of the shop it set outside under a shed in the cold, and it was almost impossible to get it to start in the mornings. We did the same thing your talking about with a magnetic heater and it worked until it got down near freezing and stayed there all night. We wound up putting an immersion type heater, (I think we got it through Grainger) in it through the drain plug and wiring it up to a timer. We set it to come on about 4 hours before we started work.That worked great for us for several years until we closed in the back and got it in out of the cold.

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