Thread: compressor is heating up to the point it blows hose
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Re: compressor is heating up to the point it blows hose
Basic Chemistry / Gas Laws

PV = nRT

It isn't the compressor. compressing air makes it hot, so you have a lot of hot air coming out. The Thomas had a large surface area on the compressor so it dissapated some heat.

put a metal heat exchange on the output of the compressor - put a length of metal tubing on the output of the compressor, then change over to plastic.

It would be nice if someone made an off the shelf radiator with about a foot length of copper tube with fins, with 1/8 NPT fittings.
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