ARB hose modification information required
Submitted: Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 21:20
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Wayne's 60
Hi all,
I have an ARB CKMP12 Hi flo compressor and on a number of occassions the heat build up has caused the (compressor) end of the hose to soften and blow.
Has anyone modified their compressor to overcome this?
One idea is to fit a steel hose between the compressor and hose to assist in keeping the heat away from the hose.
I'm open to other suggestions.
Cheers,
Wayne.
Reply By: Bushwhacker - Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 21:38
Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 21:38
Hi Wayne
It seems this is a fairly common problem with many different brands of compressors. Apparently the way to go is fit a better quality hose, as the OE is not exactly top quality. There was a good thread on here a few days ago,
Thread 69068, particularly
check out the reports from Derek at ABR, very informative. 'Whacker
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Follow Up By: Wayne's 60 - Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 21:44
Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 21:44
G'day BW,
I have read Derek's post on compressors and made a link to it off our club
forum.
I would've thought that the hose on an ARB compressor would stand up to a little work.
Any suggestions on what type of hose to up grade to?
Thanks for your reply.
Cheers,
Wayne.
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Follow Up By: Bushwhacker - Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 21:52
Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 21:52
Hi Wayne, yes I would have thought so too. I took particular interest in that thread, as I am in the market for a new compressor. When I checked out Derek's Ebay
shop and found the compressor I wanted, I also saw that he has an optional 'upgrade' hose option. A sad indictment of original equipment if you ask me, buy a new compressor to certain specs, but need to replace the hose that comes with it to use it reliably. Still gunna buy it though, will put my own hose on it, the 'better quality' one adds $50 to the cost. 'Whacker
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Follow Up By: Wayne's 60 - Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 22:02
Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 22:02
BW,
I understand what you are saying, if I'd bought a cheapie - that is what I would expect, not paying top dollar ... then having to up grade from there.
It is interesting to note that my old ARB unit with the blue hose, dosen't seem to suffer the problem.
Maybe not as indeapth as Derek's
test .......
this may be worth a look .......... it has been posted before.
Cheers,
Wayne.
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Follow Up By: Bushwhacker - Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 23:34
Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 23:34
Thanks for that, Wayne, good to see members of your
forum there have a sense of humour! (moderator has been working overtime here lately). The post below shows a steel braided hose, looks the goods, but I guess you could burn yourself on that too. I bought
suspension off Hobsie, seems a good bloke, too. I was thinking of getting a hose made up at my local hydraulic supplier, still steel braid re-inforced, but also rubber covered. Dunno for sure, just something I thought might work. Still a pain to have to spend dollars on a hose, when you have paid good money for the compresor. 'Whacker
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Follow Up By: Bushwhacker - Monday, May 25, 2009 at 16:47
Monday, May 25, 2009 at 16:47
CORRECTION & APOLOGY:
Just had another look at the compressor on Derek's eBay
shop, the optional hose is not an 'upgrade' in quality, rather it is just a longer rubber hose that gets you away from having to use the coiled hose that is supplied with the compressor. 'Whacker
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Reply By: Rossc0 - Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 22:28
Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 22:28
Hi,
Ive got one of these on my compressor
Stainless braided hose
Bought
mine as a complete kit from them including tank, compressor, hose etc.
Cheers
Ross
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Follow Up By: Wayne's 60 - Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 08:08
Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 08:08
Hi
Ross,
Thanks for the information on the hose, this was also suggested by one of our
forum members, i wasn't sure how
well it would work in keeping the heat transer away from the flexible hose.
Cheers,
Wayne.
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Follow Up By: Rossc0 - Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 09:44
Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 09:44
Hi Wayne,
I've found that the end at the compressor will get quite warm but the end furtherest from the compressor does not heat up. It does not appear to conduct heat but can withstand the high temps.
Connector to compressor gets too hot to touch after about 10mins continuous operation but hose can still be handled. Cools down rapidly when switched off.
Cheers
Ross
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Follow Up By: Wayne's 60 - Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 00:52
Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 00:52
G'day
Ross,
Many thanks for taking the time to supply further information, it looks like this may be the way to go. I had thought about getting a metal pipe fitted with the ruffle type heat sink to draw the heat away. Will have to get the boss onto e-bay and make the purchase.
So many ARB compressors ................ so few modifications ... lol
Cheers,
Wayne.
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Reply By: Louie the fly (SA) - Monday, May 25, 2009 at 12:28
Monday, May 25, 2009 at 12:28
Not sure about the ARB compressor and the fitting that's in the end of the hose, but if you can I'd put a Ryco (or similar) female push in fitting on the compressor and the male part on the hose. Put a female fitting on the other end of the hose as
well then can be used for whatever. I've done this with my compressor. It also makes for easy storage and use.
We use a reinforced blue SUPER FLEX 3/8" hose. It's rated at 300 psi burst pressure so it will be adequate for what you need.
Cheers
Louie
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Follow Up By: Wayne's 60 - Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 08:10
Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 08:10
Hi Louie,
Thanks for the information on the type of hose you use, I will have to keep a look out for it.
Cheers,
Wayne.
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Reply By: anglepole - Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 09:09
Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 09:09
Hi
You can get proper hoses made up by PIRTEK, look them up in the phone book.
I went into my local Pirtek bloke, bought the parts required and he made it up on
the spot (he did not charge me for the making).
Good job too.
Cheers
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Follow Up By: Wayne's 60 - Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 08:12
Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 08:12
Hi anglepole,
Thank you for the information and it is another avenue to pursue.
Cheers,
Wayne.
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