ac compressor lube

[boar]

ive noticed that sometimes my ac compressor doesnt work like it used too these things are ment to be lubed in the closed system for which they were ment to operate in i also noticed mr air didnt seem as oily as it used to talked to my hvac buddy he sugested that in this application they need to be lubed from time to time said compressor oil woud be his recomendation but that he has heard of alot of ppl useing slick 50 when useing these in open systems also said that marvels would be about prefect im gonna add a bit of oil to mine see it it helps if not a got another bigger one waitin for a more exciting life

Boar

[boar]

i let my compressor suck up 2 cap fulls of 30 wt today it did seem to smooth things out we will see how it goes ill use marvels next time but i suspect it will be awhile

Boar

[Forum Admin]

Probably about time I do the same thing. Sorry I wasnt able to call yesterday, we got a terrible storm after I got off the chat, knocked out our power for a few hours too.  Guess I need to dust off my hold pump project, or buy and inverter to use with an extra battery and a solar panel to charge...

[boar]

ive run a ac compressor off a 1000 watt inverter and tried it off a smaller one it didnt run on the little one, never looked at the power requirements ill look and see what size inverter it would take but i think a inverter and battery big enough to handle it would still be a pack full
no problem on the call was just excited about the pump and fill valve etc

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[boar]

I dont think the 30 wt was a good idea the compressor runs fine but i t stinks and i think it is stopping up my valve on my gun and softening orings on my trigger next time i think its low im gonna try something else airtool oil was also recomended to me might try that next time

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[Forum Admin]

glad I hadnt tried that.  I was thinking about using compressor oil, the type used for shop compressors. It should be fairly compatible with o rings and such. its probably pretty much the same as airtool oil.

[mouz]

air tool oil is GROSS. it smells bad and is sticky and disgusting!

[boar]

it was sugested to me to use rem oil and just use a small squrit every few scessions i might try that

Boar