7 gallon air tank question

Dec 13, 2003 2 Replies

Anyone know how hard it is to put 125 psi into one of these things and how long it would take with a $10 12 volt compressor if it's even possible. From my experience, it doesn't seem likely that it would work very well because a little compressor like that isn't designed to run for long periods and I imagine it might take a long long time to fill it up to 100 psi even.



I paid 50 cents at a gas station and used their air but it only lasted for about 4 or 5 minutes and I only got it up to about 45 psi or so, which is a long long way from 100 which is where I wanted.



I was also just curious if the 7 gallon tank were really filled up to 100 psi, how many tires could it fill up? If I were just topping off starting at 25 psi and going to 30, how many tires could I top off?


Surprisingly that little crappy compressor works fairly fast. I have never used it but only seen others use them.

Directions for my 7 gallon air tank says it will fill :

30 soccer balls 3 air mattresses 26 ATV tires 6 bicycle tires 1.5 auto tires 2.25 boat trailer tires 1 tractor tire

Just got a new air tank and have not put the directions away yet.

About two hours.

Yes. But it burns the 12V motor at about 89 psi. On third attempt, using

120vac my gears crap out at 115 psi. It is not an effective way. I'm talking about a $65 compressor made in USA.

Correct. I've burned three units. Two of them runs on 115vac.

Now my York compressor took *little over 90 secs* to fill a 5 gallon tank to125 psi. What is a York compressor?

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