ARB hose modification information required

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Hi anglepole,

Thank you for the information and it is another avenue to pursue.

Cheers,
Wayne.