Compressor brands for AF, Shampoo and Tire infl.

[Earl Weiss]

Much of equipment I bought for tire inflation, shampoo and Air freshener machines comes with Thomas Compressors. Certinainly no complaints about longevity and durability although one just went out on a shampooer in a little over a year.

Anyway, they are very pricey.

Anyone usng other brands succesfuly? In reality since these machines run only a few minutes at a time and the AF and shampoo have no back pressure, other than the opertaing temp extremes Chicago I figure it's not that much of a strain on the compressor.

 

[RykoPro]

Earl,

Have you tried rebuilding the thomas compressors? I have a customer looking for a rebuild kit. I am still searching the internet and thought I would try here too. It is in an "industrial vac" which I thought was still being made up the street at Gin San but they dont come up in a google search. The customer had a vac number but no compressor info. I am trying to figure out if they always use the same model in the vacs.

 

[RykoPro]

Just spoke with an engineer at Thomas's Michigan distributor (Combined Fluids) and he tells me its either a 1207PK80 (one head) or a 2685PE40 (two head). The heads are square and the motors are round so it should not be hard to figure out which is which. The model number should be on a sticker but the engineer tells me the manufactures will remove it so you have to but through them.

 

[Earl Weiss]

Earl,

Have you tried rebuilding the thomas compressors? I have a customer looking for a rebuild kit. I am still searching the internet and thought I would try here too. It is in an "industrial vac" which I thought was still being made up the street at Gin San but they dont come up in a google search. The customer had a vac number but no compressor info. I am trying to figure out if they always use the same model in the vacs.

Try these guys. Ask for the "Cold Weather kit".

http://www.combinedfluidproducts.com/

HAve rebuilt many a thomas compressor, but I don't know what your model is. Perhaps if you describe it to them they can help.