Alpha carette compressor

Can't help on parts but I am wondering how may hr's you have on it ? Mine is taking a little longer to fill thought it could be the colder weather ?

Ok I am 10 hrs less . Will be following. Thanks !

Nomo I’m sure you already checked for air leaks. My Carette (25hrs) started slowing down but I discovered leak at the gauge on my eBay fill station. Stopped the leak and fill speed returned. Uj

You guys have to be wrong about this, Joe's site say's he's never had a single problem! I recently purchased a Alpha Carette and it came without a critical piece installed. It has zero hours on the meter, so it was never ran ahead of time and checked either. The piece that came to replace the missing piece doesn't index correctly so it's useless too. So, still no working compressor. On top of all the that, the shipping delivery truck backed into the wall in my front yard knocking in over. He then pulled forward dragging huge bricks into the driveway then he just left without saying a word. Everybody is very sorry and working to make it right, but bottom line is; I still don't have a working compressor, and my yard is trashed and is going to stay that way for quite a while the shipping company contacts "corporate'. Yea, Merry Christmas.

Wow, this is not what I wanted to hear about the Alpha Carette.

I just happened to think that I saw something about residual water pooling on top of one of the pistons in a tear down video that JoeB made. It seems like it was on the high pressure side of the arrangement. I think Joe-B suggested that a guy might run the compressor for a few minutes after use with the drain valves open to minimize the residual moisture remaining at a critical place in the system. 

As a side note, I have read that some companies that build the SCUBA grade compressors recommend exercising them weekly. This might help prevent corrosion from setting in, in critical areas that may prevent proper function. Now I'm wondering if it might be prudent to fog the cylinders with some kind of water displacing lubricant, if the unit is going to be in a period of no use for a lengthy period of time?

Some of you maybe allready know huma regulators. they are dealer for the alpha carette too!

i would ask them about spare parts if you dont want to deal with the US dealer.

For your reference this is a tear-down thread for the compressor in GTA : https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php?topic=121231.0

Just like many other stuffs sold by Joe B, It's a Chinese-made product with Joe B's logo on it. A number of components such as the crankcase cover, the cylinder, the first-stage reed valves looks very much like those of Yong Heng. Too bad that the supply of parts seems to be non-existent despite of the fact that it has a dealer in US.