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The calls you get most, worked the same way every time: what the customer says, the likely causes in order, the questions to ask on the phone, the fixes, and what to quote.
Short cycling means the compressor starts and stops, or loads and unloads, much more often than it should. It wears out motors, starters, contactors, and valves, and it wastes power. The usual root cause is too little storage or a control band that is too tight.
Open guide → Guide · 5 things to quoteA compressor that runs hot or trips on high temperature is telling you it cannot get rid of its heat. Remember that most of the electricity a compressor uses becomes heat. The Compressed Air Challenge puts it at as much as 80 to 93 percent. When that heat has nowhere to go, the machine shuts itself down, or the oil and parts break down early.
Open guide → Guide · 7 things to quoteOil showing up downstream is an expensive problem. It ruins paint jobs, contaminates product, swells some seals, and fouls dryers and filters. First find out where the oil is coming from. Sometimes it is the compressor. Sometimes it is a lubricator someone turned all the way up.
Open guide → Guide · 6 things to quoteThe call sounds like this: "The compressor shows 110, but the tools at the end of the line are weak." The compressor is usually fine. Something between the tank and the tool is choking the flow.
Open guide → Guide · 6 things to quoteWater in the air lines is the most common air-quality call you will get. Nine times out of ten the fix is something that drains or dries, and it is already installed. Start there before you quote a new dryer.
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