This air compressor sat on the side of a small store in Fayette, Utah. The store was purchased by the last owner in 1947, just after he got out of the war in the South Pacific. So he would have bought the compressor new when he bought the store. The store was closed in 1986. The family that owned the store was cleaning up their yard and told me I could have it if I hauled it off.

I put a new motor, a new pressure switch and a new gauge. and it fires up and runs fine.

However, there are times when it is sluggish and runs slow and then trips either the motor breaker or the panel box breaker. If you can tell from the picture, I have the unloader taken off to see if that might be an issue.

It is a 220 5hp Century electric motor. 3450 rpms. It has a 6 inch pulley on the motor side.

Also, from the pictures you can see there are slots for two belts on the compressor. I was wondering if it needs two belts to run properly or what the purpose of that is.

If anyone is familiar with this unit, I would appreciate any help in figuring out why it runs sluggish at times. At other times it starts up and runs perfect to 120 psi when it shuts off.

Do you think the rpm's are too fast on the motor, or the pulley is too small on the motor?





Thanks

Justin

Original they had 1750rpm motor. May be running pump too fast. Be glad to talk about it by phone. Let me know if you want to talk by phone. (330-733-7044 EST - keep trying.)