Compressor help

[moefoemil]

Hi all,

I’ve recently bought a Katran C and am looking to buy a compressor to charge it and my 300 bar diving tank. I’m not wanting to spend a lot and was looking at the tuxing for around £160, can anyone recommend one around the £150-£200 mark? Ideally I need it to run from 240v and not just a 12v car battery. All help and advice appreciated.

Many thanks

[colin g]

You will be lucky to find anything in that price range to fill a dive cylinder, Air rifle will be ok under 500cc but not a dive cylinder. Col.

[Shed tuner]

You will be lucky to find anything in that price range to fill a dive cylinder, Air rifle will be ok under 500cc but not a dive cylinder. Col.

agreed. and if you do, it's last about 5 minutes...

I use my yong heng to fill a (300 bar) dive bottle to 230 bar. Still takes a little while, with a few cooling breaks, and I believe they are around £250-£300 new. I dont use much air over the course of a year so that works for me.

If you really need 300 bar, and expect to fill it fairly regularly, you'll need to spend more.

[PLAGUE]

My Yong heng fills my 300bar 3ltr bottle from 210 to 300 bar not a problem - done that at least 50 or 60 times - i know i'm one of the lucky one's that got a goodun but don't rule out these yong heng's.

Steve.
PS - up grade the water pump and add a fan.

[angrybear]

There are some larger Chinese compressors, twin cylinder in a frame, starting around £300-£350, they sell for filling cylinders but only do around 50lpm & a 12l 300 bar is 3600L

[Shed tuner]

My Yong heng fills my 300bar 3ltr bottle from 210 to 300 bar not a problem - done that at least 50 or 60 times - i know i'm one of the lucky one's that got a goodun but don't rule out these yong heng's.

Steve.
PS - up grade the water pump and add a fan.

I agree.. and I've added a fan, a cooling radiator, and exhaust rose (around the 2nd stage), cooling for the pipework, and an upgraded pump.. my point wasn't that the Yong heng is no good; quite the opposite, they can indeed do the job, but it's not a £150 pump as per the OP's budget.