Found that a cheap brass fitting had blown the top off. Heard air blowing and thought a line split.
On Dec 31,2019, I went into the garage and found it running continuously. While building pressure the unloader pin is now down (extended) and it I push on it air is released.īought a kobalt 26 gal quiet run compressor in April of 2018. Released all air from tank, turned switch on, and it’s running once again. The pin was all the way up, and pushing on it did nothing. I just observed the unloader valve while the motor would not run and tank pressure at about 75psi. Maybe pointing to the bad unloader valve symptoms I’ve seen discussed? It may have attempted to start once, but that was it. The manager at Lowes asked me if I laid it down to transport, which I did, But I don’t see how that would have an effect with a non-oiled compressor which is brand new with no water in the tank. Went back to Lowes, got another one, and it did exactly the same thing. Then using air tools pressure dropped well below the 120psi kick in pressure, but the motor never came on again. Got it home, turned it on, nice and quiet, built up to the max 150psi in about 5 minutes.
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I just bought a Kobalt QUIET TECH 26-Gallon Single Stage Portable Electric Vertical Air Compressor. Buy the cheapest Kobalt air compressor that does the job – that means has the air flow you need for your air tools – and when it breaks, by and large you’ll toss it out and buy another.ĭo you have a Kobalt air compressor? Care to share your thoughts on them? If so, please provide the model number too so that others can read how you feel about your Kobalt. Having said all that, for light use, no worries. We would always go to an industrial compressor distributor, one that has the expertise and the parts to get us back up and running when the need occurred. That’s why we would tend to steer clear of any big box store house brand air compressor if we needed one for production purposes. When, not if, it does, who looks after you? Your air compressor will eventually break down. Where do you get parts? Who do you talk to about service? They outsource, and that source will change from time to time.Īt any point you might buy a Kobalt air compressor made by YY Company, and it may be possible to get the same model air compressor made by ZZ Company. Like all department stores or big box stores, the stores do not make their own house brand products.
If we were looking for a compressor to do work for us 8 hours a day, five days a week, we probably would not buy the Kobalt air compressors range. We might even purchase a Kobalt compressor for our work, assuming that our use of compressed air was incremental, and not used continuously.
By this we mean that we would have no problem acquiring a Kobalt compressor for our home workshop or garage. We would categorize the Kobalt line of air compressors as mid-use. These motors power a range of Kobalt compressors, small 3 gallon tanked units with a 1.5 HP motor up to the 5 HP vertical fixed style with an 80 gallon tank. The range of motors is from 1.5 HP up to 5 HP. Made for Lowes, the Kobalt line of air compressors is powered by electric motors and come in portable and fixed styles. Kobalt air compressors are the house brand of the Lowes of big box store fame.
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