Adding an Auxiliary Air Compressor

[Gregory OConnor]

I think it a bad idea to use a aux compressor to run the bus down
the road. Even if the engine compressor was what failed, that
failure may have been a result. supplementing your tanks may
facilitate a disaster.

A good friend of us both lost his bus in a fire while limping
along via the aux compressor. My theory is the loss of air pressure
was a ripped diaphram on the parking spring hold at one wheel and
not a compressor supply issue. the added cfm of the aux compressor
help lift the park shoes off the drum enough to get running.

He got out. But ;fiberglass, sticks and staples burn quicker than
steel.

I would like to mount a 120Vac aux compressor to pump up the bus.
The 12 volters that are any good cost major bucks and draw big amps
when they spinn. With preheating the engine via the 120 AC heater
and filling the bags via a 120AC compressor I could sneek out of a
campground at any hour.

GregoryO'Connor
94ptRomolandCa




--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "John McGinnis"
wrote:
>
> Has anyone installed an auxiliary compressor? My 88FC35 does not
have
> an auxiliary air compressor and I was thinking of adding one.
Could
> someone tell me the demand/requirements of a needed compressor. I
was
> thinking of a pump off of a Lincoln air ride system or some other
12V
> compressor, or is that not a good idea? I was thinking of
installing a
> pump switch which would engage around 90PSI & shutoff around
120PSI and
> tapping into my wet air tank. That way if the engine pump were do
go
> tango uniform I would have some sort of back up.
> John 88FC35 On the banks of the Ohio!
>