What compressor is the most reliable with minimal use?
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OK, threads and then weld for gas seal. Different than typical construction but I guess that will work. I have no comment on the wall thickness because I have no training in that area. 7075 aluminum I believe is stronger but it is not weldable. I presume the reg end is threaded with maybe an O ring for sealing (drawing doesn’t show that end).
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You might find this interesting... 7075 welds. https://newatlas.com/welding-aa7075-aluminum-alloy/58449/
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At $125 for 10 1/16rods they can forget it for now. I'm sure it'd be DCEP same settings any other AL. Wait for the oxides to burn off there's a nice shiny pool and work fast. Too likely to destroy the work. 6061/3 or just accept threaded is best.
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I bought mine from Walmart and paid $35 for the extended warranty. After 2 years, I had an HP piston failure. I brought the compressor back to Walmart for repair/replacement and they said that they can't do anything. The warranty is with a third party insurance company and I should contact them. I did, and they were very helpful and said it was still covered. All I had to do is find someone locally repair it and send them the bill. Really? Who in my local area is going to repair a $300 compressor who has never seen one of these. Local services here for anything is hugely expensive and I'm sure a mechanic couldn't fix this in 15 minutes. You can plan on $200 per hour for labor costs. They would have to order parts for something totally foreign to them. So I would have to do all the leg work and maybe get my compressor back (maybe) in 6 months if I'm lucky. I scrapped that Idea and ordered a new piston assembly from Aliexpress for around $30 and fixed it myself. It's been running fine now for two years. Extended warranties are a rip off.
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I'm not a Yong Heng user, but I'll offer up my take on what jps2486 said: if you go with a Yong Heng compressor (nothing wrong in that choice), know that at some point in the next few years you are almost certainly going to have something occur that requires service to continue use - if you want it done in a reasonable time, you will have to be comfortable with doing it yourself. And maybe even plan for it, learning the common repairs before needed, including maybe even having parts on hand (to save the down time of shipping from China). If you are good with that, and many are, then it can be a good low-cost solution for you - if not, spend a bit more on the GX-CS4 or the like. You'll still have to learn to do a few things to take care of your compressor, but nowhere near as much.
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I've forgotten and have thrown the paperwork away, but it was well known. In fairness, the warranty company was cooperative and said they would honor the warranty. All I had to do was find a repair shop to do the job. What compressor repair shop is going to work on a compressor that costs less than $300? Furthermore, I doubt you can find any competent shop that charges at least $100 per hour. So I had to run around to find one then the shop had to order parts from the same place I do (Aliexpress), but double the cost of the parts to me. In reality, it isn't worth the aggravation, so I repaired it myself. Yong Hengs are easy to work on. I assumed that if the compressor failed during the 3 year perion, all I had to do is bring it back to Walmart and they would give me a replacement-NOT!
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