Altaros booster pump
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Yep, the booster has a valve to regulate the incoming air. You simply adjust it to what your shop compressor can handle.
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I bought one of the earlier ones, it’s been rock solid for 7 years. The only issues I’ve had with it were caused by me. Altaros has been great at responding to my emails. Great customer service.
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It depends what you mean by "regular" for your shop compressor . . . . and the kind of performance level you have in your mind.
A booster will work off of 100 psi input, but they use a LOT of air because the compressed air is the power source for "boosting" a small part of the air charge up to 4500 or whatever pressure you are shooting for. So for example, they technically run off a pancake type compressor, but the pancake will run continuously with zero cool down time and the booster will cycle very slowly, and of course the air charge going into the booster will be very warm (unless you run a long cooling/condensation loop in the feed stream) and thus carry a lot of water vapor and probably even condensed water too (so you'd need traps in the loop too).
The booster probably comes with a recommended feed rate of air, and I think most "regular" shop compressors that homeowners typically have are going to be on the workable but low side of things. I've seen some dedicated setups that people have on here with two or three "regular" compressors used to feed their booster - the good news is that one will work, and you can add others later if you feel you want to for either speed or reliability of the shop compressor - most don't do well with a 100% duty cycle.
If you scroll down in the Alltoros link below, there are examples of compressors and tables of performance. The third one down (the "Scheppach HC 24") is probably about the limit of what one can get out of a "regular" 120V / 15A compressor in the US or Canada - remember these examples are European and thus are working off 220V input and can come close to higher continuous HP levels. To get the performance of the first or second example in the US/Canada you probably need a 220V compressor, or multiple 120V units.
altaros compressor booster unit advanced version
altaros compressor booster unit advanced version
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This is my shop compressorIt depends what you mean by "regular" for your shop compressor . . . . and the kind of performance level you have in your mind.
A booster will work off of 100 psi input, but they use a LOT of air because the compressed air is the power source for "boosting" a small part of the air charge up to 4500 or whatever pressure you are shooting for. So for example, they technically run off a pancake type compressor, but the pancake will run continuously with zero cool down time and the booster will cycle very slowly, and of course the air charge going into the booster will be very warm (unless you run a long cooling/condensation loop in the feed stream) and thus carry a lot of water vapor and probably even condensed water too (so you'd need traps in the loop too).
The booster probably comes with a recommended feed rate of air, and I think most "regular" shop compressors that homeowners typically have are going to be on the workable but low side of things. I've seen some dedicated setups that people have on here with two or three "regular" compressors used to feed their booster - the good news is that one will work, and you can add others later if you feel you want to for either speed or reliability of the shop compressor - most don't do well with a 100% duty cycle.
If you scroll down in the Alltoros link below, there are examples of compressors and tables of performance. The third one down (the "Scheppach HC 24") is probably about the limit of what one can get out of a "regular" 120V / 15A compressor in the US or Canada - remember these examples are European and thus are working off 220V input and can come close to higher continuous HP levels. To get the performance of the first or second example in the US/Canada you probably need a 220V compressor, or multiple 120V units.
altaros compressor booster unit advanced version
altaros compressor booster unit advanced version
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I'd say that is about like the third example in the Altaros information - so about 10 minutes of continuous run time to top off most guns and probably over 90 minutes to top off 45 minute tank with 100 bar of air (and longer for bigger tanks).
Obviously it would work, but how well that is up to you. And how long it lasts doing it is a function of its age and condition to date.
I do think these booster pumps are a great way to go, but we have to be realistic on our expectations based on what we are using to drive them.
Obviously it would work, but how well that is up to you. And how long it lasts doing it is a function of its age and condition to date.
I do think these booster pumps are a great way to go, but we have to be realistic on our expectations based on what we are using to drive them.
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Yeah I think it's worth it to me I have a yong Heng I would gladly wait 90 minutes to top it off instead of having to rebuild a Chinese compressor every year
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