Compressor identification
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Addison Snyder
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I can definitely verify that this is indeed a compressor of sorts. 
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Little Mako 3 stage. Maybe 8 CFM. 5404 or 5405, should have a label plate on the front, and a serial number stamped in the block.
Problem is that it's sold by the jorair company in Canada. And as far I as I know they don't have mako in canada?
It was bundled together with a JordAir J-FFS-S2R and also a JordAir JD-4500-3R.
My understanding was that they only sold Bauer compressors.
It was bundled together with a JordAir J-FFS-S2R and also a JordAir JD-4500-3R.
My understanding was that they only sold Bauer compressors.
Looks like a Bauer Utilus block from mid 80s @3.5cfm
or the next step up a Bauer Capitano @5cfm
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or the next step up a Bauer Capitano @5cfm
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Ahh.. thank you. Looks very similar. What is the big black thing in the front of it? Could it be a nitrox filter?
The fill station seems to indicate a nitrox tank and there was a dark blue cascading tank.
The fill station seems to indicate a nitrox tank and there was a dark blue cascading tank.
The big black thing is the filter assy which appearantly has already been replaced at least once.
Since only government owned compressors ever get their filterhousings replaced (private users are usually too cheap to follow a recomendation that doesn't take the form "you must now"), I'd assume that it's exmilitary, or came from a firedepartment.
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Since only government owned compressors ever get their filterhousings replaced (private users are usually too cheap to follow a recomendation that doesn't take the form "you must now"), I'd assume that it's exmilitary, or came from a firedepartment.
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Separator May be 15 years or 10,000 cycles, but that short filter I’d replace every 25 hours.
The filter housing should be replaced when the separator housing is replaced.
The filter housing should be replaced when the separator housing is replaced.
That sounds about right. They assume a certain number of load cycles before the aluminum starts becoming brittle, and in commercial use that is assumed to be 15 years. If, as in most fire departments, the compressor is rarely used they are habitually junking perfectly good filter housings with a lot of life left in them.
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