Hi All,
I'm hoping there's a compressor guru among us who can help me please.
I got given a Jun Air compressor years ago and it's just sat in the cellar doing now't since. I do know it used to work as I switched it on at the time and air was duly compressed and puffed out of it.
Exhibit 1
I think it's a 6-15 model (6 is the motor type and 15 is the receiver size in litres)
I've decided it was time have a look at it but it's not playing ball. The power light comes on when the switch is thrown and it does a bit of humming and then the thermal cut-out seems to shut things down to protect it.
Anyway, here's how the investigation went
1. Yes, it's got oil to the correct level
2. took the head off the motor casing and nothing looks goosed, and that's my technical appraisal ;D
3. There seems to be a helluva lot of sloshing about going on in the receiver so I took off a valve and emptied the contents into a tub
Exhibit 2
What looks and smells mostly like water with a fair amount of lube oil in it, now floating in the tub. Must be about 5 to 10 litres of the stuff!!
Question - Should a receiver have all this in it or is it condensate that's sat in there for ages?
OK, so there's the history now can anyone point me in the general direction of how to get the bloody thing to 'compress air' like it's supposed to and not just be a rubbish humming paper-weight (although it excels at that cos it's bloody heavy)
Cheers
AL.
I'm hoping there's a compressor guru among us who can help me please.
I got given a Jun Air compressor years ago and it's just sat in the cellar doing now't since. I do know it used to work as I switched it on at the time and air was duly compressed and puffed out of it.
Exhibit 1
I think it's a 6-15 model (6 is the motor type and 15 is the receiver size in litres)
I've decided it was time have a look at it but it's not playing ball. The power light comes on when the switch is thrown and it does a bit of humming and then the thermal cut-out seems to shut things down to protect it.
Anyway, here's how the investigation went
1. Yes, it's got oil to the correct level
2. took the head off the motor casing and nothing looks goosed, and that's my technical appraisal ;D
3. There seems to be a helluva lot of sloshing about going on in the receiver so I took off a valve and emptied the contents into a tub
Exhibit 2
What looks and smells mostly like water with a fair amount of lube oil in it, now floating in the tub. Must be about 5 to 10 litres of the stuff!!
Question - Should a receiver have all this in it or is it condensate that's sat in there for ages?
OK, so there's the history now can anyone point me in the general direction of how to get the bloody thing to 'compress air' like it's supposed to and not just be a rubbish humming paper-weight (although it excels at that cos it's bloody heavy)
Cheers
AL.
