You can easily convert a fridge compressor into a high pressure air compressor. Let me start by stating what it can do: it can generate pressures of over 500psi, but it's slower (less air volume pumped per unit of time) than normal shop compressors. What's more it can be used as a vacuum pump too. The thing that might be attractive to some people is that it's almost as silent as a fridge.
The process of convertion is pretty straightforward: Get a fridge compressor (buy/salvage from an old appliance/get from a junkyard), do the wiring and add on/off switch, attach fittings to the output tube and it's enough to use it for filling spudguns or experiments (blowing up coke bottles, etc.). That's minimal configuration and it's ok for some uses, but you can upgrade it by adding an air reservoir, pressure gauge, pop off/safety valve is really a good idea too. Just some warning - these things can generate really high pressures. Ever heard that compressed air is dangerous ?? Fridge compressors can easily generate over 500 psi, that's like 3 times what shop compressors generate - make sure all the parts are rated to such pressures. Use only metal and only parts that are rated that high. Add safety valves.
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Submitted January 31, 2015 at 04:05PM by nonameapplies http://ift.tt/1Ew06p0
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