YongHeng rebuilt

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I moved in this my new built house back in 2004, so 99% of things currently designed at that time I would assume following some kind of industry standards. And that same Builder built an entire City around me in next ten years.

Last year out of work and I finished 90% my basement alone all diy. I even re-routed - moved cables and waterlines and ducting in the sealing to a more convenient location and shape in order to put up the sealing. And that time I had no idea yet that I could just claim the entire basement as my own mans cave....but the laundry room is the most convenient corner to run the YongHeng cooling, just flush the return line down the sink !!!!!!!!!! OMG why I did not thought about that earlier last summer and I could have a backup sink and an extra power line/plug with AMPs I could wish...



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Scotty YOU just give me an idea, thanks for this big time...

My basement is not finish painted yet, and I left several access holes in the sealing (for access doors to junction boxes). I will pull a new cable (breaker+wire+wallplug) maybe this weekend, dedicating to running a compressor right beside the sink in the laundry room. This idea I like the best vs moving back to a garage (summer too hot and humid and winter too cold and humid...Ontario here, 40 minutes North of Great Lakes), right now as I am writing 9C and 83% humid.

It will need some work on ladder again and a bit of dusting, but this sounds like a viable solution and seem to me a best at the moment.
 
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Just an update, my YongHeng is up and running again.

The problem was a high 20+A current on a 15 A breaker shutting down in very first couple seconds.

Today I picked up some parts from HD and I made one adapter "from 14-30R 125/250V outlet - to standard 110V plug box"....basically a extension cable with different plugs on two ends.

This is a existing 2x30A outlet dedicated for a air dryer.

Run the freshly rebuilt YH for some 15 minutes for a first time uninterrupted. In first 10 or so minutes changed the sound, a second start after cool down I could start it fully pressured at 250 bars, and currently drawing 18.2 A and slowly declining.

So as I was expecting, the compressor just needed that very first couple minutes burn in time to clear the burrs on friction/sliding surfaces and the 15A breaker could not handle it. Of course I will be closely monitoring the meter and the sound as well, I never let it run alone w/o supervision.
 
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Removed the YH basic fan blades and installed an external fan that can run independently from compressor.



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Next thing to figure out some active charcoal filter for oil pan exhaust gasses. The odour is a major complain from a Boss.
 
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Next thing to figure out some active charcoal filter for oil pan exhaust gasses. The odour is a major complain from a Boss.
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You must be running hydraulic oil if there's a stench. Switch to a high flashpoint breathing compressor oil and there will be no odor. This will also save your pistons from the detonation that kills these compressors. Over time and with a little wear some oil migrates up to the second stage piston and detonates, aka diesels. At first it's such a tiny amount that you don't notice but as carbon deposits form and more oil reaches them you'll hear Clunk Clunk and the pistons are ruined in seconds.
 
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