5HP 2 stage Quincy compressor at rural king

The qt5 draws 22A and the motor runs at 1750RPM. I think that's right based on what the other fellas are saying. I'm gonna pick this one up tomorrow, so if anyone has anything else to say please by a means speak now! Sounds likes it's a good one though.

Danny, id definitely take you up on the offer but I'm in NW Ohio. Too far to come get yours unfortunately.

My is not for sale i was trying to say look on facebook market place or offer up you may find one i got my for $1250 he only run it for a couple of times i was really close to buy the exact same unit online new $2200 i think.
 
As others said, heft tells a lot. Ever see a shopvac with 1.5 peak hp on sticker? lol.
Maybe if you clamp motor shaft & turn it on for 2 sec before smoke.
Typical pool pump plug in 120v is 3/4hp. Weighs more then a shopvac.

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Well I went and picked up the Quincy compressor! I'll try to install it this weekend. I'm starting to wonder about running to refrigerated dryer for better-quality air at all times. Do any of you guys run all your air through the refrigerated dryer or do you only use it when you are painting? It's better for all things to have dehumidified air. But is it worth the wear and tear on your dryer? If all your air goes through the dryer how do you manage that? Do you manually flip it on every time you went to the shop and manually turn it off? Do you wire it to the compressor so every time it runs your refrigerated dryer runs? but then it wouldn't run when you were using air from the tank and the compressor wasn't running. You'd want to have to have it wired to a flow meter or something.
 
i run a refer dryer. best thing i ever did was switch to one. its so humid here in nj that the desiccant dryers would be saturated with just an hour or two of use. i bought my dryer with my compressor. both have been running for 11 years now without any problems. i have both on timed auto drains and the refer is simply on a plug in wall timer to turn it on around 7 in the morning then turn it off at about 7 at night. the whole system is basically maintenance free. i never really touch it or worry about it. i do have a oil separation filter between the two which keeps any oil blow by out of the refer dryer. that also has an float type auto drain built in to the canister.
 
All my air runs through the dryer - plugs into the wall. I just turn it on when I turn the air compressor on and then I turn everything off when I’m done for the evening
 
refer air cooler is the only thing that truly works. in the old days it was not as big of a deal. you could slow down the lacquer and it would purge the moisture. i dont do as much any more so i bought a hf dryer. works fine. plus i run a butt load of traps in the booth .
 
refer air cooler is the only thing that truly works. in the old days it was not as big of a deal. you could slow down the lacquer and it would purge the moisture. i dont do as much any more so i bought a hf dryer. works fine. plus i run a butt load of traps in the booth .

So u run refrigerated dryer whenever your compressor is being used and not just when painting? How do you control it? Manual operation? I was thinking of getting a 220v switch for the Quincy and running power to the HF dryer off one leg of the compressor. That way 1 switch controlled them both and the dryer was on whenever the compressor was.
 
We run our refrigerated dryer at all times, so the airlines stay dry. It's also nice when stripping or sanding not to have nasty water dripping onto the panel. I've worked in shops that were terrible on the body shop side, water sprayed out of our tools constantly. No good for the tools, and also raises the potential for contamination. Just my 2c.
 
I made a refer dryer and I absolutely love it. It took a number of itterations to get it dialed in, but it is wonderful now. Having dry plumbing throughout my shops is very satisfying. I would recommend one.
 
Nothing worse than water running out the sander then when you put the air nozzle on to blow off the car you spray that nasty water all over the surface - it’s always on with the compressor for me but I never could get my water problem fixed
 
Nothing worse than water running out the sander then when you put the air nozzle on to blow off the car you spray that nasty water all over the surface - it’s always on with the compressor for me but I never could get my water problem fixed
On continuously, or on when the compressor motor is running?
 
Lots of comments in here touching on what I've been considering. I currently have water blowing our all the time from die grinders and it's not good and very annoying. When I get to sanding and stuff like that it will be terrible. I wonder if the HF dryer can keep up with the heat and humidity here in NW Ohio. Can you run air through it without it being on in the event that someone in the family uses the compressor without turning the dryer on?

I plan on plumbing the Quincy up with a regulator, filter, and safety relief valve right off tank and then going into the HF dryer. I'm half tempted to replace all the airlines in the shop too from allllllll the water and crud that has built up in them the last 20 years since we built our shop. Do you guys use galvanized pipe? That's currently what we have. Is copper any better? I really don't wanna sweat everything together though. That's a lot of time with someone thing I don't do often....good chance for some experience I guess, but also a bit of an investment.
 
i am moving my compressor up the hill a little ways into it's own shed. i plan to plumb underground in a grid to cool the air before it comes into the shop with a trap there then 20 ft to the dryer . the booth is 50-60 ft from the dryers . my old champion ran at 870 rpm and didn't make much water . and yeas you can run air through it without power .
 
I have galvanized pipe - my dryer is about 50 feet from the compressor and 5 feet before my desiccant filters and hose - it’s piped into the main line - air still runs through it if it’s turned off- totally dry air now
 
By the way - I’m in central Illinois and yes it keeps up no problem

Central Illinois...so you prolly have the same temps and humidities that we have here in NW Ohio. What sort of dessicsnt filters do you use? You run all air through the dessicant?

When you guys use your compressors for long periods of times the harbor freight dryer will still keep up? I'm sure it'll do fine as you say after just a short time of use.

I'm thinking of the best way to do this and start fresh with this new compressor. Thinking of pulling all the lines out and doing this install.
 
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