I originally had my Altaros barely running with a single 5.2 cfm California AirTools Compressor. It is a nice little shop compressor, very quiet, has a cold start function and a roll bar on the top which means shippers will have a difficult time destroying it. It is also an American company in a adjoining state, California. CAT assembles the compressors with parts they manufacture in Mexico.
I ran Shoeboxes of several generations, so I was used to slow fills, but this Altaros was really slow, so I decided to run the Altaros Booster with 2 shop compressors for a myriad of reasons, of which include a basic mistrust of 4500 psi chinese compressors, Altaros is a CZ company, not wanting a oil smell in my house that oil fed compressors produce and to break down my system into 3 easily replaceable units, two of which are the CAT compressors.
I got the airline splitter today, installed two check valves on it, one for each line, plumbed it in and turned it on.
What a difference the 2nd CAT makes, on my 30 minute tank, I can actually see the needle move as it charges up.
I still have some fittings, fans on the way and a coiled airline coming to manufacture a air cooler/water separator out of a 35 gallon garbage can.
I used a airline splitter and a one way valve on each line to avoid one compressor filling each other. I also added a CAT portable 5 gallon tank, this gives me 25 gallons of air on hand.
Regards,
Roachcreek
I ran Shoeboxes of several generations, so I was used to slow fills, but this Altaros was really slow, so I decided to run the Altaros Booster with 2 shop compressors for a myriad of reasons, of which include a basic mistrust of 4500 psi chinese compressors, Altaros is a CZ company, not wanting a oil smell in my house that oil fed compressors produce and to break down my system into 3 easily replaceable units, two of which are the CAT compressors.
I got the airline splitter today, installed two check valves on it, one for each line, plumbed it in and turned it on.
What a difference the 2nd CAT makes, on my 30 minute tank, I can actually see the needle move as it charges up.
I still have some fittings, fans on the way and a coiled airline coming to manufacture a air cooler/water separator out of a 35 gallon garbage can.
I used a airline splitter and a one way valve on each line to avoid one compressor filling each other. I also added a CAT portable 5 gallon tank, this gives me 25 gallons of air on hand.
Regards,
Roachcreek