[Shop-talk] Compressor repair

[John T. Blair]

At 03:07 AM 11/4/2008, William M. Gilroy wrote:

 >My small single stage Campbell Hausfeld stopped working....

 >I apply power to the compressor and nothing happens.  Turn it off and
 >back on at the pressure/on/off switch and nothing.  Not a sound.  I 
figure the
 >pressure switch is broken but I was wondering if anyone has an insight in
 >troubleshooting this thing.

Bill,

I know this sounds stupid, but it's happened to me.  What's the chances that
you actually have air in the tank?  Consiquently, it doesn't need any power.
Try to bleed off the tank, and see what happens.

John
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