Nomad II quick unboxing and first fill

No worries STO.

Did a full top off of the Crown yesterday, from 140 to 240.....took 7min 20sec.....I think that's pretty close to advertised.

Also got the male-to-male adapter so I could use the hose from my tank with the hose from the compressor.....way more convenient this way. Now I can flip the gun over to look at the pressure gauge while it's filling if I want to.

Also makes it easier to hook up and the gun doesnt have to be right next to the compressor. This will make it way easier when charging from the car once I get around to doing that.

Still going strong.

When I bought this compressor, it was my intent to use it as much as possible in a few weeks, being if it was going to fail quickly, I wanted it to happen in the 30-day return period.

Turns out I only filled the Crown about 10 times, which hardly amounted to the use I thought I'd make of it in a few weeks, mostly due to the weather not being good. And you can only do so much shooting over the chronograph.

So I decided to give it some time doing incremental fills of my tank. I did two 12-minute runs with zero issues. That's equal to a bit more than 3 full fills on the Crown. 

Load meter never went over 24. I gave it a 5-minute rest with compressor fans running between those sessions. I've also added silicone oil at the intervals spelled out in the manual. I also just tonight purged the moisture and oil per the manual.

One thing I noticed, as far as adding the drops of silicone oil, is prior to purging the moisture relief valve, the oil would never disappear in the hole....it just seemed to sit there.

After I purged the moisture and oil, I added a couple drops and this time the oil went right in like I think it should.

Note that I did not attempt to fill my tank, as that was not my intent. I just wanted to get more time on the compressor. My tank was down to 3,600psi and these two sessions got it up to around 3,900 psi.

My 30 days will be up in just over a week, but the compressor has shown no signs of any issues so chances are it is good to go for the long haul!!

No, I hadn't considered it. Doesn't seem like it would hurt anything.

Some moisture and oil came out, not a lot and nowhere near what I expected. I also checked the moisture filter and it looked brand new. This was only after about one hour of run time.

It's still doing great! I just sold my CF tank and will be using this exclusively.

I keep a log in the back of the manual for each fill, writing down the date, run time, and peak load. This way I can properly track maintenance intervals, which I also put in the log.

Hopefully with proper care this will be reliable for a couple of years.

Just a few drops of silicone oil every 5 fills and purge the moisture relief valve every hour of use I think. There's one other more involved maintenance that I haven't gotten to that interval yet.

The output is some type of dense fiber pad/filter that is inline at the beginning of the fill hose. I checked it once after an hour of operation and it looked brand new. But I've only used it in my dehumidified basement. Same with the moisture relief valve.....I've done it twice now and hardly anything comes out.

Thanks Jim....I'll do that before my next fill. 

Sounds like a good idea.

Nice Wg!!

I'd like to do a review of it but I still haven't tried it off a battery.

Filled the Crown four more times and it's chugging right along with zero issues.

I checked the moisture filter yesterday and it's bone dry. But I'm filling in my basement where the humidity is low, especially in winter months due to forced air heat and no humidifier.

Let us know when you get it!

Did my first fill from under the hood today. It was -5*F outside and it worked just fine. Though I didn't time it, it sounded like it was running a bit slower compared to when plugged into a wall outlet.

I left the car running during the charge because I was at a remote farm and I didn't want to chance a dead battery and get stranded in the cold.