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Re: Curious

Posted: November 3rd, 2014, 8:49 pm
by zildjian
Well the cold weather is coming and that almost always means leaks, it seems routine as the temperature drops the push fittings seem to fail a little.
so are you using compressor daily or forecort?

Re: Curious

Posted: November 4th, 2014, 2:53 am
by TrueDink
I'm using a rechargeable battery powered compressor so I've got no need for a cable trailing to a 12 volt socket.

Re: Curious

Posted: November 4th, 2014, 10:59 am
by zildjian
Not seen one of those, how much are they & how long will they run?

Re: Curious

Posted: November 4th, 2014, 2:55 pm
by TrueDink

Re: Curious

Posted: November 6th, 2014, 3:24 pm
by zildjian
Blimey a gadget I'd NOT seen,
On TV there's some competition to win a shedload or 'ryobi' power tools that have one shape battery to fit all,

Your compressor with an electic drill to wind the legs all running off one battery would be good though

Re: Curious

Posted: November 6th, 2014, 5:21 pm
by richc
Nah

Get a proper compressor.......

http://www.mattsavage.com/acatalog/400P ... 40043.html

OK I got mine when I had a small business selling off road accessories so it came in at trade price, but they are a fab piece of kit and will still be working when the Halfords one has gone to the great recycling site in the skye

Will put 90 psi in my Ivecos tyres

Rich

Re: Curious

Posted: November 6th, 2014, 7:37 pm
by zildjian
that's my spare

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thing to remember with those is make sure you leave the engine running in use or you might well find not enough battery to start the car afterwards

Re: Curious

Posted: November 6th, 2014, 7:42 pm
by zildjian
The viar fitted beside motor under the bonnet is about the same size
and fills a 5G tank beside spare wheel, and that cuts out at 140PSI.... so they are indeed quite capable machines.

normally they end up on the low-rider market on VW dropped golf's and the like,
but are available in the UK

Re: Curious

Posted: November 6th, 2014, 8:22 pm
by richc
Overlanders use them a lot - in sand the mantra is to drop tyre pressures so you need a reliable and easy way to get your tyres back to proper pressures.

we even have tyre deflators which can be set to a certain psi to deflate tyres.

toys toys toys......

rich

ps matt is an official distributor for viair in the uk, also a friend , thought i should own up to that

Re: Curious

Posted: November 6th, 2014, 9:46 pm
by zildjian
Wish I'd known that before,
the 'only' fella locally has recently given up fitting out cars as now does town bars full time (less hassle)
so now we don't have anyone really

luckily he sold me enough hardware to transfer between vehicles otherwise I would have had to import some of it
and I hate buying stateside as I almost always cop for import duty