merc123
Senior Member
I'm curious if this would work and what I would need to make it work.
I've currently got a small 8 gallon, Husky oiled air compressor that I race with. It's not bad for some things like airing up tires and the occasional impact gun use, but now I've gotten quite a new use for air tools (air ratchet, cut off wheel, etc).
The building I house my race car in has some air compressors out back (50 gallon), but I don't know if they work. I'm going to contact the building owner to check and see if I can get them working, if not this is my idea.
Two of the 50-gallon air tanks are plumbed together, only one has a motor on it.
Would it be possible to hook up the 2, 50-gallon tanks into some PVC lines, then hook up my little 8 gallon and use it to fill the 50-gallon tanks? That way I have some reserve air and the little compressor wouldn't have to run continuously for 20 minutes while I use a cut off tool. I will turn off the little compressor and just use the reserve air. Then I can run the little compressor at intervals to fill the big tanks back up so it doesn't burn up.
See diagram
I've currently got a small 8 gallon, Husky oiled air compressor that I race with. It's not bad for some things like airing up tires and the occasional impact gun use, but now I've gotten quite a new use for air tools (air ratchet, cut off wheel, etc).
The building I house my race car in has some air compressors out back (50 gallon), but I don't know if they work. I'm going to contact the building owner to check and see if I can get them working, if not this is my idea.
Two of the 50-gallon air tanks are plumbed together, only one has a motor on it.
Would it be possible to hook up the 2, 50-gallon tanks into some PVC lines, then hook up my little 8 gallon and use it to fill the 50-gallon tanks? That way I have some reserve air and the little compressor wouldn't have to run continuously for 20 minutes while I use a cut off tool. I will turn off the little compressor and just use the reserve air. Then I can run the little compressor at intervals to fill the big tanks back up so it doesn't burn up.
See diagram