Has anyone thought about using heat sink fins for extra cooling on the 110v electric motor? Just curious.
Heat sink fins for 110v compressor motor ?
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my opinion, on some of them anyway, is a weak point is the manifold blocks .. those generally have seals and valves and are subjected to extreme heat not conducive to any good outcome ... a fan blowing directly on the whole unit is probably a wise move .. another potential problem is voltage drop from an inadequate line, using an extension etc .. volts go down and amps and heat ramp up, not ideal conditions ...
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The motor isn't what heating up. All the heat is from the piston moving back and forth inside the cylinders. Thats why most if not all compressor have sensor in the cylinder head to monitor Temps. Putting heat sink on the motor will do very little to nothing. This aint rc cars where the only heat source is from the motor spinning. Could have heat sink on the cylinders heads but how much do you think that will help. Very little. Having water flow inside and through the cylinders is much more effective. Imagine not using any water and just put heat sink on the cylinders. It will kaboom.
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Heat sinks would probly help a little on longer run times.
I just run a fan through the back of mine and it helps allot. With my radiator and fans the unit never gets much over 60C.
Just a fan at the back and some ice in the reservoir will probly get you 20+ minutes of run time.
I just run a fan through the back of mine and it helps allot. With my radiator and fans the unit never gets much over 60C.
Just a fan at the back and some ice in the reservoir will probly get you 20+ minutes of run time.
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Removed the OEM fan and attached a highflow muffin externally on separate cable, when I turn off the compressor switch this fan still blows.
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I got T6 transistor heat sinks for the tubing coming out the top of the HP cylinder. They do help dissipate more heat (the ENEMY of Yong Hengs) Don't know about heat sinks for the motor.
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Most of the heat is from the compressed air. The uncompressed air contains a certain amount of BTUs per cubic foot. We compress the air and those same BTUs into much smaller volume. The temperature rises proportionally. For a multi stage compressor, it's good to remove heat from the air between each compression stage. Running the air through coils of tubing works. Heat sinks on the tubing seems like a good idea as well.
A properly designed motor running within it's rating, should already have sufficient cooling.
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That is how my compressor is set up, it has the cooling fins on the tubing between each stage.
DW
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Simplified a HPA compressor is a triade.
A YH is rated at some 1800W
@1/3'rd of applied work ends in the motor so 600W
@1/3'rd as heat in the cylinders so 600W
And the last 1/3'rd in heat in the compressed air and the work of compressing said air.
This is not exact numbers but a ballpark figure!
Anyone ever experienced a YH motor heat up to more than handwarm?
No, because it is large in volume and has a half asssed fan connected.
The cylinders on the other hand handles the remaining 1200W on very confined space so needs lots of cooling.
Some is scooped into the tank and can cool there, but there is a reason for water cooling of the cylinders.
In short if the YH needed additional motor cooling it would have been factored in at the design or subsequent revisions!
If you want to make a difference do a proper air or water cooled copper coil between stages 1 and 2, that will bring down cooling problems!
And yes i worked in AC industry for several years and soft copper piping will stand up to way more (2-3x) than the @260psi in the inbetween stages pressure.
A YH is rated at some 1800W
@1/3'rd of applied work ends in the motor so 600W
@1/3'rd as heat in the cylinders so 600W
And the last 1/3'rd in heat in the compressed air and the work of compressing said air.
This is not exact numbers but a ballpark figure!
Anyone ever experienced a YH motor heat up to more than handwarm?
No, because it is large in volume and has a half asssed fan connected.
The cylinders on the other hand handles the remaining 1200W on very confined space so needs lots of cooling.
Some is scooped into the tank and can cool there, but there is a reason for water cooling of the cylinders.
In short if the YH needed additional motor cooling it would have been factored in at the design or subsequent revisions!
If you want to make a difference do a proper air or water cooled copper coil between stages 1 and 2, that will bring down cooling problems!
And yes i worked in AC industry for several years and soft copper piping will stand up to way more (2-3x) than the @260psi in the inbetween stages pressure.
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