[Shop-talk] Compressor repair

[David Scheidt]

On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 1:35 PM, John T. Blair <jblair1948 at cox.net> wrote:
> 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.

The one that gets me from time to time is the GFCI being tripped.....


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