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Re: Help Calculating time to recharge air tanks

We've run similar testing and found a wide variation sometimes between compressors of identical models.
For instance, a ViAir 90c that pulled ~6amps and a Thomas that pulled under 10amps while another Thomas pulled ~12 amps.
I'd put the Thomas variations down to age and abuse, but I was surprised to see your ViAir 90C pulling so many more amps than some of ours.
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