I have an onboard air compressor on my truck that pumps up my airbags. It was installed with a way to plug in an air hose and pump up tires, mattresses, tubes, etc. It works great for pumping up the airbags, but does not work very well at all to pump up anything else. If you have one, how does yours work? Anyone else have this problem? If you do, how did you fix it?
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Thats because the compressor has low CFM it doesn't have a tank. It pumps the airbags up with air directly from the compressor because airbags don't hold a lot of air anyway. If you want it to work better put in a small storage tank. The compressor for my Pacbrake has a small tank and works ok for small jobs.
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I wanted the same capability when I had my compressor installed in my truck recently. The installer told me that I would need a small tank to be able to inflate my tires, and when he said it would cost another $300 to do it, we both agreed that it would be easier for me to bring along my portable pancake compressor.
You need the tank, space for it, and more $$.
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Splashers3 wrote: and when he said it would cost another $300 to do it, we both agreed that it would be easier for me to bring along my portable pancake compressor.
You need the tank, space for it, and more $$.
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For mattresses, tubes and other "toys" you need a high volume, low pressure pump. What you have is a very low volume, high pressure pump.
An accumulator tank will help. It won't reduce the time the pump has to run, but will make a larger volume of air available in a shorter time.
I have a plug-in 12V high volume vane type air pump (not a compressor) for the low pressure stuff. Sold specifically for inflating air mattresses etc. complete with 1" adapter for the big air mattress fill valve. Mine cost me $10. (at Kmart IIRC)
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kaydeejay wrote: For mattresses, tubes and other "toys" you need a high volume, low pressure pump. What you have is a very low volume, high pressure pump.
An accumulator tank will help. It won't reduce the time the pump has to run, but will make a larger volume of air available in a shorter time.
I have a plug-in 12V high volume vane type air pump (not a compressor) for the low pressure stuff. Sold specifically for inflating air mattresses etc. complete with 1" adapter for the big air mattress fill valve. Mine cost me $10. (at Kmart IIRC)
This is absolutely correct. Here is one similar to the one I bought. You might get one cheaper if you check Bass Pro or Cabellas, or other sporting goods outlets.
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