Compressor won't start - on his bare basement floor

by Ed
(Taylorville, IL.)

EX-friend ran my small portable compressor on his bare basement floor and now it won't start. He was told NOT to do this, but didn't take the pallet with him.

What happens when this is done to a compressor?

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Bill says...

Hi Ed. I am puzzled. I run my portable air compressor on a cement floor all the time. I've run it up on garage roofs. I've run it on the lawn. I have had my compressor running almost everywhere.

I know of no limitations as to where you run your air compressor, except for the obvious. Do not run it in the rain, under water, near flammable gas or liquids... common sense, yes?

So, my friend, if your air compressor does not start, something has changed on it... but where it was running likely has nothing to do with it. How long it was running may have.

Did you review the check list linked from the site map page... under Troubleshooting, reasons why an air compressor will not start?

If so, what did you find?

Cheers,

Bill





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Dec 03, 2011
 compressor won't start
by: Ed

Bill, I did not have any trouble with my compressor before I let an (ex) friend borrow it and he ran it on his basement floor and said it ran about 6 min and quit, then wouldn't start.
I had had it on a hard rubber pad to stop the vibration which I have always been told was NOT good for them.(The pad is made and sold for this purpose by a compressor manufacturer). You even have articles on your site about anti-vibration devices. The ex friend did not take the pad with him and that was the result. I suppose you know that anti-vibration springs or pads are put under compressors; and I'm happy for you for your exploration of all the places you have found to run your compressor. You can edit this if you want, I just took offense to your comments; and I'm wondering why you were unaware of the reason manufacturers put the anti-vibration devices on their compressors.

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No offence taken or offered, Ed.

Sure, anti-vibration devices are common on industrial compressors, and even on some not-so industrial compressors. That you run yours on an anti-vibration compressor is not a negative, I just couldn't be bother doing it with my very low cost, DIY home compressor. If you feel that running your compressor without the vibration pad is a cause of the failure, no problem with that. However, vibration may be the cause, but it is not the vibration that is preventing your air compressor from working. Something has failed, and you probably want to find out what that is.

Bill

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