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We've had the same thoughts on it getting overheated. I have it under a plywood box that I built, there are screened openings in two ends for airflow and we have a boxfan blowing air through there, but maybe not enough. I am going to eliminate the solid front panel and put in a screened one this time around and add one more fan, one to blow air in and one to remove it.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

We've had the same thoughts on it getting overheated. I have it under a plywood box that I built, there are screened openings in two ends for airflow and we have a boxfan blowing air through there, but maybe not enough. I am going to eliminate the solid front panel and put in a screened one this time around and add one more fan, one to blow air in and one to remove it.

Don

The heat is probably the biggest issue Don...If you can open up that box and maybe put a hole in the wall behind it,so it can suck fresh air,you will find that it will last longer..I have my Ingersoll Rand 17cfm under the bench,and even though it doesnt get used every day,it gets hot reasonably quickly,even now,in the winter..I am going to build a compressor shed behind the workshop,with plenty of ventilation..

That has to be it. There are two capacitor looking things inside a squarish box on the front of the motor and I suspected one or both of those failed, but voltage seems to be coming in and out of both. I also considered having the two motors looked at by an electrical shop but I hear that might be more than buying a new motor and take longer too.

Don

Wow, I am blown away! I just got off the phone with Eaton Compressors and they are sending a new, different motor at no charge, freight prepaid!! I wasn't even asking for that, I fully expected to buy one as my original purchase was probably 4 years ago, but he never hesitated and said they have had some winding issues with that particular motor and have gone to a different one.

It is so refreshing to see that there are still some companies who want to make good products and stand behind them well beyond the warranty periods. It would have been so easy for them to blow me off but they certainly have renewed my faith in American family owned businesses.

Obviously, I would recommend them to anyone considering buying a new air compressor.

Don

Hey Pops, what's the data/mfr/I.D. on your old motor? I thought we got ours close to the same time, but more than 4 years ago. I haven't had any trouble with the motor, but it would be nice to check it out.

As for the box, don't forget, it's not just the cooling intake volume, it has to exhaust well too.