On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, Brian Evans wrote:
> I have a little 2 hp machine that I'd like some advice on.
> What would the effect on compressor operation be if I went to a larger
> motor. The 1 hp motor runs the thing ok in warm conditions, but can't start
> in cold weather (solution for the last 5 years has been not to work in cold
> weather!). Are extra hp just thrown away, like extra octane in gas? I've
> been told that the compressor head is what makes all the difference, but ???
Dunno about the effect of a larger motor, but the way it runs sounds as
if the previous owner might have tried to up the output by putting a
smaller pulley on the compressor. I suspect that because I had a little
compressor I did that to, and it ran just as you say yours does.
Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8910
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