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brushbyair · 03-18-2008

highlandlord, not knowing the capabilities of the compressor makes it a little difficult to determine your problem. Two suggestions, first the more expensive one, buy a compressor that supplies at least 100 psi with a regulator and moisture trap, these sell at most home improvement stores for $50.00 to $300.00. The second, check to see if the one you have is capable of installing a regulator. The reason that it keeps running after you stop spraying is that it is refilling the air pressure to whatever internal pressure regulator is set at, and it probably is working so hard to keep up that it is overheating and shuts itself off, soon it will quit working all together.

03-18-2008	#2 (permalink)
brushbyair magazine subscriber, contest master Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,531	Re: Help for Newbie highlandlord, not knowing the capabilities of the compressor makes it a little difficult to determine your problem. Two suggestions, first the more expensive one, buy a compressor that supplies at least 100 psi with a regulator and moisture trap, these sell at most home improvement stores for $50.00 to $300.00. The second, check to see if the one you have is capable of installing a regulator. The reason that it keeps running after you stop spraying is that it is refilling the air pressure to whatever internal pressure regulator is set at, and it probably is working so hard to keep up that it is overheating and shuts itself off, soon it will quit working all together.