From: none@none.com99   
      
   On 6/22/2024 12:31 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   > "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:v572lb$3rtl9$1@dont-email.me...   
   >   
   > I guess I'll find out if newer CH compressors are as good as they used   
   > to be.  Its a good sign that they have a 7.5 HP motor on their 80 gallon   
   > 2 stage upright instead of a 5.   
   > Bob La Londe   
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   > I compare the measured running Amps to the motor nameplate value and   
   > reduce the pulley size if they are higher.   
      
   Yep, reducing the pulley size is how I keep the IR running with its new   
   motor and its working thermal protector.   
      
      
   >   
   > I changed a hydraulic pump that was driven by a gas engine and didn't   
   > refigure the pulley ratio, and the belt failed with broken cords on one   
   > side, which caused it to roll sideways and slip under load. That was   
   > briefly a puzzler.   
   >   
      
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