To Tuxing or NOT to Tuxing?

I've had both. Original 220 Tuxing failed but I believe it may have been a step up transformer providing insufficient voltage. 110 Yong Heng has been good well over a year now.

My Yong Heng has been good for 1.5 years. For budget compressors of this kind you have to be prepared to fix it by yourself. The good thing is that parts are readily available at very low cost and the construction of the machine is quite simple so it's not that difficult. Unless the supply of parts is stopped, I believe my Yong Heng will serve me for a long time to come.

I don't have any experience on Tuxing but base on the construction, I can't see how it is more "heavy duty" than Yong Heng. The major differences between the design of Tuxing and Yong Heng as far as I can see are : 

1) The Tuxing has got a much cleaner look but that serves no practical purpose.

2) Yong Heng has only got the 2nd-stage cylinder water cooled but Tuxing has all the tubings water cooled as well. May be this is a plus for Tuxing because the air entering the 2nd stage cylinder should be cooler. The Tuxing design also prevents your fingers from getting burnt if you accidentally touch the tubings while the compressor is running. 

3) Yong Heng has all the tube connections accessible from outside but Tuxing has them ( 16 connection points in total ) all inside the big water cooling head so it will be difficult to identify the location of leakage should it occurs. All you can see are bubbles in the discharged water 

4) Yong Heng has got a cyclone water seperator between the 1st and 2nd stage. There is a swirl generator inside . Due to the much less space available inside the big head, Tuxing may not be equipped with a swirl generator but just a bleed valve so the water removal ability may be poorer. The filter elements may need be changed more frequently.

5) The Tuxing uses open rings on the 2nd stage piston while Yong Heng uses closed rings. Replacement of rings is a lot easier for Tuxing.

I don't have a Tuxing because all of them I have seen either had no moisture separator at all or only had a moisture separator on the low pressure side. Most of the Yong Heng's I have seen have one on both the low and high pressure side. Two moisture separators are twice as good as one and a compressor without one at all is not worth buying in my opinion. Moisture separators are an important thing to look for on a compressor as is being able to set the pressure they will shut off automatically so you don't over pressurize things when you gets distracted. There are a large number of parts available for the Yong Heng. Not so with the Tuxing although from what I have read some of the Yong Heng parts will bolt on to the Tuxing. In my 1.5 years with a Yong Heng I have replaced a single o-ring and the rupture disc several times until I learned to release the pressure and stop it at 4300psi most of the time and not let it turn itself off at max pressure to often.

PS; Had a moment so all of this post is not completely correct but it's as close as I could make it at the time.

Most of the Yong Heng's I have seen have one on both the low and high pressure side.

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I am afriad that is not true.....

The Yong Heng has got only one true water seperator which is located between the first and second stage. That is a cyclone seperator with a swirl generator inside. It is also bigger because some internal volume is required for storing water. The other aluminum block connected to the outlet of the 2nd stage is just a hollow box. It is smaller and has no water seperation elements inside.

Most of the Yong Heng's I have seen have one on both the low and high pressure side.

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I am afriad that is not true.....

The Yong Heng has got only one true water seperator which is located between the first and second stage. That is a cyclone seperator with a swirl generator inside. It is also bigger because some internal volume is required for storing water. The other aluminum block connected to the outlet of the 2nd stage is just a hollow box. It is smaller and has no water seperation elements inside.

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So it's got one true water separator and a block that water condenses in cuz I get water from both when I open them. Although less from the 2nd stage block. Thanks I should have worded it differently but I have a hard time doing that sometimes. I am old and have brain damage. I forgot about the swirl/cyclonic generator I knew about it at one time.

Gerry, I have had both and presently have the twin cylinder model. Both worked for awhile and needed periodic work. The motor on the Yong quit so it moved to the parts heap. The twin has had several electrical issues all solved and needed new rings on the high pressure side once. It is more expensive then the Yong by several hundred $$. They did a redesign on the Yong with a thicker cylinder top and the broken piston problem went away. The machine I have now is Centercut"s old machine with many add ons that he did. I can fill your tanks till you get it figured out.

How was the recording? Nick 

I also have a Tuxing and Lightning. I paid $400.00 for the Tuxing and as Nick stated There have been issues with the wiring. I expect the same issues with the lightning, they and the AV are all Tuxing I'm pretty certain. I bought the lightning because I thought the Tuxing was going T.U. But I rebuilt the top end on the HP side rewired with 14 gauge wire and it is running strong again! 21 hours on it. We all hope for a compressor with no issues? But it appears that it's not "if" it's When" you will have trouble.



Dennis

I truly believe that soldered terminals are a must on these compressors for how much they shake/vibrate. It’s really weird how my compressor sounds so much different since I soldered the terminals to the compressor and cooling fan switches. A lot of the clacking noise went away.