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The little Puma compressor came, I got it wired and here are some first impressions;
It's a small unit, 17"L x 17"H x 7.5"W overall at the widest points, the coupler sticks out, if relocated it would be ~6" wide. Pretty lightweight at 32lb 5oz with the wire.
Ran it for the break-in on a battery charger, it relatively quiet, and [STRIKE][STRIKE]pulled 22 amps at 14.7v without a load, according to the charger's gauge. At full load, just before the tank was full it showed 25 amps, so 10G wire will be fine. 25 amp at 14.7v = ~.5 HP.[/STRIKE][/STRIKE] Additional, more realistic testing was done by LandCruiserPhil and shows it to use more amps. Best bet is to wire it for 50amp draw.
After the break-in run moved it to the truck for some tests running off of the battery, all with the engine running; Mine is set to come on at 95 psi and off at 135 psi, it took 1 min 15 sec to fill the tank, 0-135 psi. Set my Nitto 295's at 18 psi and aired them up to 32 psi, the first one starting with a full tank took ~45 sec, the others took ~1 min. Did the same with one of my 37x12.5" Coopers, took 1 min 30 sec.
Plugged in my IR2115 3/8" impact and was able to get all 6 lug nuts off of one wheel before it needed to build back up! This surprised me, thought I would have to wait on it at least once getting a tire off. One of my 2115's and a set of impact sockets are going in the rig's tool kit.
The overall quality looks good, with one little nit pick. It only comes with stubby power wires and the hot side wire had an end that was to large for the relay terminal, causing a poor connection. Didn't matter, I replaced it with 20' of 10G landscape lighting wire with battery clips on the other end. The air output coupler is a universal type, fits the three common short fittings. It's also the type where the collar stays back when disconnected, just push in the fitting and it locks, looks to be nice quality.
It didn't come with air hose, I used Coilhose Pneumatics's Flexeel 1/4" x 25', nice light, durable hose.
The quality and performance looks promising, will see how it preforms on the trail. Mine came from Buzzard Gulch on ebay, search "Puma 12v" and they will come up.
It's a small unit, 17"L x 17"H x 7.5"W overall at the widest points, the coupler sticks out, if relocated it would be ~6" wide. Pretty lightweight at 32lb 5oz with the wire.
Ran it for the break-in on a battery charger, it relatively quiet, and [STRIKE][STRIKE]pulled 22 amps at 14.7v without a load, according to the charger's gauge. At full load, just before the tank was full it showed 25 amps, so 10G wire will be fine. 25 amp at 14.7v = ~.5 HP.[/STRIKE][/STRIKE] Additional, more realistic testing was done by LandCruiserPhil and shows it to use more amps. Best bet is to wire it for 50amp draw.
After the break-in run moved it to the truck for some tests running off of the battery, all with the engine running; Mine is set to come on at 95 psi and off at 135 psi, it took 1 min 15 sec to fill the tank, 0-135 psi. Set my Nitto 295's at 18 psi and aired them up to 32 psi, the first one starting with a full tank took ~45 sec, the others took ~1 min. Did the same with one of my 37x12.5" Coopers, took 1 min 30 sec.
Plugged in my IR2115 3/8" impact and was able to get all 6 lug nuts off of one wheel before it needed to build back up! This surprised me, thought I would have to wait on it at least once getting a tire off. One of my 2115's and a set of impact sockets are going in the rig's tool kit.
The overall quality looks good, with one little nit pick. It only comes with stubby power wires and the hot side wire had an end that was to large for the relay terminal, causing a poor connection. Didn't matter, I replaced it with 20' of 10G landscape lighting wire with battery clips on the other end. The air output coupler is a universal type, fits the three common short fittings. It's also the type where the collar stays back when disconnected, just push in the fitting and it locks, looks to be nice quality.
It didn't come with air hose, I used Coilhose Pneumatics's Flexeel 1/4" x 25', nice light, durable hose.
The quality and performance looks promising, will see how it preforms on the trail. Mine came from Buzzard Gulch on ebay, search "Puma 12v" and they will come up.
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