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Steven Forster 16-05-2016 11:37 PM

Aldi Air Compressor....???
 
Anybody know if this Aldi Compressor will be good enough with 8 bar of pressure to clean the crap off your buggies.....???

https://www.aldi.co.uk/portable-comp...93207024000600

Cheers

Ben The Bike 17-05-2016 06:45 AM

Hard to know with a budget tool, I have a lidl mitre saw that should be brilliant for cutting various angles, except that the saw is tweaked somewhere making it cut everything slightly off.:mad:

You may find it doesn't have the pressure to blast dirt off in that way, as it's only a little one, and the Clarke 1hp compressor we used to have when I worked at a go kart track was never able to blow dirt off things, ( TBH the boss man fiddling with things that didn't need fiddling with may have caused some power loss though:thumbdown:)

If it were me I would stick to leaving the buggy caked until I get home, then clean it.

Zippy G 17-05-2016 07:10 AM

air compressor
 
I use one of these and it works well but I had to buy a thinner nozzle gun (£15) which delivers higher pressure fine air jet and more cleaning.

This link is just to show what it is but they are available for less money if you shop around.

http://www.halfords.com/workshop-too...air-compressor

cjm_2008 17-05-2016 07:56 AM

I just bought one of those datavac dusters off amazon. Haven't tried it yet, but I've seen plenty of TC guys using one at Cotswolds RC. It packs a lot of power for something relatively small & is easier than lugging my compressor around.

Oscar 17-05-2016 11:26 AM

https://www.parkerbrand.co.uk/air-co...h-toolkit.html

we got one of these for the club a while back, awesome bit of kit as long as you have the space to store it and access to electricity

olied 17-05-2016 01:14 PM

I have one. The thing is ideal.

mark christopher 17-05-2016 05:37 PM

it may have 8 bar of pressure, but zero cfm you will need a small nozzle to gear any pressure to blow off the crap

bigt 17-05-2016 09:49 PM

a football nozzle should sort it I'll be having a look at one tomorrow

Steven Forster 19-05-2016 08:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by olied (Post 949165)
I have one. The thing is ideal.

Have you tried it on a petrol generator running one outdoors ?

olied 20-05-2016 09:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steven Forster (Post 949343)
Have you tried it on a petrol generator running one outdoors ?

Not yet bud.... thats the next test :)


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