Air compressor
Submitted: Saturday, Oct 04, 2008 at 09:25
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Member - Brenton H (SA)
Is any one able to give me some first hand useage feedback on the ABR-SIDEWINDER 12V air compressor as advertised by Derek Bester (member here) on his website.
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Reply By: chocolate teapot - Saturday, Oct 04, 2008 at 18:20
Saturday, Oct 04, 2008 at 18:20
Hi Brenton
get yourself a real compressor - see thread 62230
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Follow Up By: Shaker - Saturday, Oct 04, 2008 at 18:34
Saturday, Oct 04, 2008 at 18:34
Where does it say Derek's are no good?
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Reply By: Member - Brenton H (SA) - Sunday, Oct 05, 2008 at 10:23
Sunday, Oct 05, 2008 at 10:23
Chocolate teapot,Ii have seen that thread but i was concerned about the overall size and where the hell I'm going to put it as we are already stacked to the gunnels when we go away. Current ARB pump is under the bonnet so this would be additional not a replacement. Also not portable.
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Reply By: Michael ( Moss Vale NSW) - Tuesday, Oct 07, 2008 at 21:41
Tuesday, Oct 07, 2008 at 21:41
Brenton, The ABR unit looks huge also, it looks like its output is pretty good but i had the same problem. I bought a USA made Big Red, although the performance is way down compared to newer compressors, finding a place to put those big units is a problem unless you have a ute or trayback canopy type vehicle. So while the Big Red is not big on output, its reliability should be good. The only place i found that was left over was inside the spare wheel mount on the GU Patrol. Pic below.. MichaelImage Could Not Be Found
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Follow Up By: Member - Brenton H (SA) - Tuesday, Oct 07, 2008 at 23:02
Tuesday, Oct 07, 2008 at 23:02
Ingenious Michael...but thinking further on it isn't the air intake going to clog up with dust?
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Follow Up By: Michael ( Moss Vale NSW) - Tuesday, Oct 07, 2008 at 23:17
Tuesday, Oct 07, 2008 at 23:17
Gday Brenton, Roachis suggested that i could drill through the door and put the intake on the inside of the door , great idea but i will do a trip first and see how it goes.. It has a 2 stage air filter so thats its purpose, to keep the dust out.. I also have used the spare as a 100 litre
tank, and the air chuch swings up from the centre of the antenna bracket.Image Could Not Be Found works a treat. Pics below. Michael
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Follow Up By: Michael ( Moss Vale NSW) - Tuesday, Oct 07, 2008 at 23:19
Tuesday, Oct 07, 2008 at 23:19
OPpps meant to say Roachie!!
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Follow Up By: Member - Brenton H (SA) - Wednesday, Oct 08, 2008 at 09:46
Wednesday, Oct 08, 2008 at 09:46
Michael, dunno if your car is different from
mine but the aerodynamics of
mine are such that the back door literally swamps with dust if travelling down a loose dust road or in bulldust. I can't see any filter handling that. If you can get your hand through the spaces on the rim a simple solution may be to place an elasticised cover over the filter while travelling and simply reach in and take it off when you need to use the pump..if not I would go with Roachies suggestion.
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Reply By: Member - Serg (VIC) - Wednesday, Oct 08, 2008 at 09:53
Wednesday, Oct 08, 2008 at 09:53
I have similarly constructed unit from Projecta. Great output rate, but quite dodgy design inside. I reworked it and placed it in rear right quarter of my LC80 – have a look into my profile to see photo.
Cheers
Serg
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