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First off...Kudos to Oz_X for a killer write up on rigging up the MV50 compressor...that is kind of the direction I am thinking I am going.
http://www.xterranation.org/showthread.php?843-Got-OBA-On-Board-Air&p=14901&viewfull=1#post14901
My birthday was Nov 2 (YAY FOR ME), and one of the great gifts I got was the same MV50 compressor that I have wanted for a while now...
I have a 2 gallon Coleman air tank, already rigged up with fittings and pressure switch etc. It was from an older air compressor and the compressor went out. I am debating on whether it is worth it to use the tank, or to just run the compressor.
From what I have researched and did some fuzzy math, inflating 33" tires will basically empty out the tank partially through the first tire, and after that I would be running off the compressor anyway. Whatever air I used from the tank initially, the compressor would have to keep running to re-fill the tank after tires are done, so the air compressor doesn't "work" less. I travel with a cordless impact wrench, so running air tools isn't a huge need for me, especially given the limitations of only a 2 gallon tank.
Of course, the other side of me thinks...I have it already, so I might as well use it....or maybe there are other benefits of running an air tank that I am not thinking of?
So question being: What would you do? Tank, or not to tank?
http://www.xterranation.org/showthread.php?843-Got-OBA-On-Board-Air&p=14901&viewfull=1#post14901
My birthday was Nov 2 (YAY FOR ME), and one of the great gifts I got was the same MV50 compressor that I have wanted for a while now...
I have a 2 gallon Coleman air tank, already rigged up with fittings and pressure switch etc. It was from an older air compressor and the compressor went out. I am debating on whether it is worth it to use the tank, or to just run the compressor.
From what I have researched and did some fuzzy math, inflating 33" tires will basically empty out the tank partially through the first tire, and after that I would be running off the compressor anyway. Whatever air I used from the tank initially, the compressor would have to keep running to re-fill the tank after tires are done, so the air compressor doesn't "work" less. I travel with a cordless impact wrench, so running air tools isn't a huge need for me, especially given the limitations of only a 2 gallon tank.
Of course, the other side of me thinks...I have it already, so I might as well use it....or maybe there are other benefits of running an air tank that I am not thinking of?
So question being: What would you do? Tank, or not to tank?