I been using my cheap exploding yong heng for five years and have never used any ice.you know what I did with the money I saved by not buying one of those very slow high priced compressors?I brought two fx rifles,a 22 streamline and a 25 dreamline classic and thousands of pellets...you must be one of those guys that bought a high priced compressor that broke down.yong heng was the best purchase I made other than the fx rifles...a bucket of ice what a joke...
Be advised that the auto shutoff is a weak design. My gauge failed in the first 6 months. If you do go for the auto shutdown, go ahead and order a replacement gauge so you have it when you need it. I just don’t use the gauge on my compressor and rely on my fill set or gun gauge.
lol, you sound personally offended over a motor. hey, you bought an FX, you must be smart.
if you think I can be offended by anything you are sadly mistaken.for your information I have three fx rifles...I just over the top running the yong Heng for five years,matter of fact I have two yong Heng compressors.i have only used one of them in the five years filling fx rifles...
Important accessory is a laser type IR thermometer to check the actual second stage head temp. The unit temp guage and probe takes an average reading between the primary and secondary stages. The secondary stage is the one you want to watch.
I am not disputing this using ice statement, but would like to understand why the temperature of the water running through the pump would void a warranty, especially because the purpose of the water flow is to cool the compressor. Water coming from my faucet in the wintertime is certainly as cold as that water would be. And a colder compressor would, at least theoretically, mean less water in the compressed air.
Water-cooled reciprocating compressors are similar to internal combustion engines. The tolerances are machined to match the correct clearances at the safe operating temperature range (50c-80c) that the machine is designed to run at. Running an engine too cold will reduce the tolerances and cause more ware and risk seizing or nipping up. This is the main reason that water-cooled motors run thermostats. I know that I will get flack from the people that claim " I use ice and it works fine for me" brigade but anybody that understands basic engineering will get what I'm talking about. The only damage that I've heard about from overheating is when someone forgets to turn the coolant pump on and cooks the top end. My unit is over five years old and the only maintenance has been a few Dowty washers and changing the oil once after breaking in. I admit that it is not my only source of air but it does a reasonable amount of work and I consider it excellent bang for buck. The temperature of the coolant has absolutely nothing to do with the water content of the compressed air. The water content of the air coming out is dependent only on the humidity of the air going in.
