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Re: 2011 compressor

Personally, I have found that the new compressor does its job just fine, as long as you don't overheat it. We had to be careful while practicing to make sure that it stayed cool, but other than that, performance was comparable to our old compressor.
My recommendation for anyone who is running the new compressor is to pre-charge your pneumatics while practicing using a shop compressor (this is really easy to plumb into the release valve). This should avoid burning it up when you have to drain it every five minutes to modify a prototype.
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