Craftsman 33 gal Air Compressor 6 hp Horizontal k Oil Free Pump "10 hp breaker" Questions

10 seconds. it is a upright 5 hp. ran fine and then not no lead in to the prob. Make sure the service that you have the compressor plugged into is sufficient to run that big of a motor. ie, a 20 or 30

...hp IR commpressor? What size wire, what size breakers, and where on the motor do I attach my wires. Motor says 15 amp, 220 volt. Thanks, Clint I would use a # 10 wire size with a 30 amp breaker. The ...

...it will start, are the capacitors bad, the compressor is about 10 years old.230 v 5 hp comp. Yes, most likely the capacitors. Fortunately, it's one of the less expensive fixes. Best regards,

...HP Speedaire horizontal tank compressor is rated 115 / 230 volts at 24 / 12 amps, respectively. This means at 115 volts, a 30 amp circuit breaker is the bare minimum. That also means that the wiring ...

...HP in watts is 745 and should be about 2200 watts and 19 amps plus a efficiency loss. Odd to see the ratings don't jive with electric theory/formulas. The compressor should be connected directly to ...

second time compressor tries to fill tank blows braker the tank fills fine the first time when it get lows and compressor kicks back on it blows my circuit breaker any ides The compressor pobably has ...

...hp. 3450 rpm. the motor is set on 230v and i would to change it to 115v but the wiring daigram on the cover plate is missing. the motor is wired as: terminals from the switch to the motor 1 white ...

HP 240 v motor look on the motor face plate for its F/L/C/full load current rating,and go by this,otherwise to be safe use 2 # 10 AWG for the 240 lines L1 and L2 and a #12 AWG for the Neutral line and

...breaker as quick.compressor is 10 to 15 years old? the start capacitor on the motor body is weak,the motor needs this component to over come the air pressure when cycling to re-build the low air ...

...HP / 10 Gal air compressor and when I turn it on , it trips the breaker switch. Any advice on how to troubleshoot this problem? Worked fine for 2 or 3 small projects then it began tripping breaker ...