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air compressor help!!


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does anyone know all there is to know about air compressors? i have ltsuk 270litre 3hp single phase air compressor..

 

just changed the oil and put a new belt on as it kept cutting out but its now doing it more often than before.. i think it could be an electrical issue. it will come on and work but after 30 seconds to maybe 2 minutes it will cut out and trip the reset switch. press the reset button and it works again then cuts out. i thought the old belt was slipping but it seems worse with the new belt.

 

any ideas what it could be?

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It could be the capacitor, mine did the same thing. They get too hot and melt. It's a tubular thing about the size of the cardboard bit of a toilet roll. Mine was caused by running the compressor too much shot blasting.

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It could be the capacitor, mine did the same thing. They get too hot and melt. It's a tubular thing about the size of the cardboard bit of a toilet roll. Mine was caused by running the compressor too much shot blasting.

 

yeah the more im reading online the more i think this is the issue it must be on its way out. i use it for spraying so gets used for 2 maybe 3 hours straight not a surprise its maybe fried it with the heat.

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