Just bought a secondhand 12 volt Stebel air compressor to operate my air horns.
Parcel arrives and unpacked then tried on battery but nothing dead as a doe doe.
Figuring out nothing to lose strip down compressor noting top end brushes good and wires good. Checked armature all looks good. Took out magnets which are held in on a spring clip all look good.
Put it back together and it fires up great except it is sucking air in not blowing out air which i need to run air horns.
Somewhere i ve done something wrong ?
Any ideas ?
Thank You.
UPDATE
Running off battery charger running black crocodile clip wire to plus and red crocodile clip wire to minus it now blows out air which is a good steady pressure
connecting to fiamm pneumatic horn takes a second or two to build up enough pressure
after running 30 seconds it cuts out but that could be overload on compressor or battery charger ?
maybe this 12 volt compressor that i was told fitted mini or early escort was not for that era after all
Parcel arrives and unpacked then tried on battery but nothing dead as a doe doe.
Figuring out nothing to lose strip down compressor noting top end brushes good and wires good. Checked armature all looks good. Took out magnets which are held in on a spring clip all look good.
Put it back together and it fires up great except it is sucking air in not blowing out air which i need to run air horns.
Somewhere i ve done something wrong ?
Any ideas ?
Thank You.
UPDATE
Running off battery charger running black crocodile clip wire to plus and red crocodile clip wire to minus it now blows out air which is a good steady pressure
connecting to fiamm pneumatic horn takes a second or two to build up enough pressure
after running 30 seconds it cuts out but that could be overload on compressor or battery charger ?
maybe this 12 volt compressor that i was told fitted mini or early escort was not for that era after all
