Finding the best air compressors for home use!
Why do you want an air compressor?
- Keep your tires inflated up on your car or bike?
- Run some air tools?
- Using impact wrenches on your car?
- Painting your car or house with a Spray Gun
- Air Grinder
- Getting your deck in shape? Using Air Sander or Air Nailer?
Most Important considerations when picking an air compressor for your home.
- Tank Size
- Power rating
Now what does all this mean? How do I pick the best air compressor for home use! The longer you need to use the tool the bigger the tank. Using the tools in small burst you won't need such a big tank. For example, for a nail gun you don't typically hold the trigger and just move it. You need to position it on the right spot and pull the trigger. Then move it and pull the trigger again. These are short burst of air and a larger tank is not needed to accomplish the job. Now on the other hand you have a cutter or sander the last thing you want to do is to have to keep stopping to let you air tank catch up to you. A large tank is what is needed for this job. I think you get the point if you need it on all the time get the larger tank!
Next, understanding power rating, don't make the mistake of measuring by PSI or Horsepower. CFM (cubic feed per minute) is the important number! You need to get the a> that exceeds the CFM of your most powerful air tool!
Here are some examples for air compressor home uses.
Keeping your tires inflated
- 0 - 3 Gallon tanks
- 0-5 CFM @ 90PSI
Air Nailer
- 2 -4 Gallon Tank
- 1-4 CFM @ 90 PSI
Impact Wrenches
- 4-20 Gallon Tank
- 3 -6 CFM @ 90 PSI
Paint Spray Gun
- 20 - 30 Gallon Tank
- 4 - 9 CFM @ 90 PSI
Air
Grinder
- 30 + Gallon Tank
- 6 - 11 @ 90 PSI
Air
Sander
- 30 + Gallon Tank
- 9 - 15 CFM @ 90 PSI
Now you know how to find your compressor! Click here to find the best air compressor for home use!
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Ingersoll Rand
Ingersoll Rand () is a $17 billion global diversified industrial company founded in 1871. The Ingersoll Rand name came into use in 1905 through the combination of Ingersoll-Sergeant Drill Company and Rand Drill Company. Ingersoll Rand used to be part of the S&P 500 (one of the 13 companies in that index that is incorporated outside the U.S.), but was replaced by Quanta Services in June 2009.Reuters, "S&P 500 adds Quanta Services, drops Ingersoll-Rand," June 4, 2009.
Ingersoll Rand is a global provider of products, services, and integrated solutions to industries as diverse as transportation, manufacturing, construction, and agriculture. Examples include refrigeration, biometric security systems, medium to large-scale air compressors, and compact vehicles for construction and movement of people and goods.
Mining and construction support equipment (such as mobile diesel generators and compressors) is the primary field identified with the Ingersoll Rand brand, but they also manufacture many products under other brand names, including:
* Club Car golf cars
* Hussmann refrigeration units
* Kryptonite locks
* Schlage locks
* Trane HVAC equipment
* Falcon Door Hardware - locks, exits, closers
* LCN door closers
* Von Duprin exit devices
* Thermo King transport refrigeration units
* Interflex, German based European provider and manufacturer of hardware and software for security solutions and time management planning.
* Normbau
* Cisa
* OMI Officine Meccaniche Industriali srl (OMI), a leading European provider of compressed-air treatment equipment
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