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60 gal farm hand air compressor starts, builds up pressure, but won't restart when pressure drops. After cool restarts.

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Your automatic switch is not activating just replace switch or clean contact.

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My farmhand will shoot one nail then want have enough pressure shoot the next nail what could cause this

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Bad regulator or safety valve will often cause this. when pressurizing up, a small switch is pressed by the air in the tank pushing on a small piston, this is a safety feature and may need to be replaced. might wanna get it serviced. the unloaded valve will open when the air in the tank reach the set amount. http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/ageng/machine/ae73-07.gif

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Your pressure switch may be malfunctioning or the start capacitor may be starting to fail.

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