We’ve been using a Sherpa Big Air Compressor infrequently for about a year. Initially we were delighted with it’s performance after we re-wired the unit for our application. A month ago, it’s performance seemed to decline and it completely failed two days ago.
The immediate cause of the failure was that a thin-walled brass tube between fittings connecting the cylinder head / tank / air fittings broke.
The longer term issue is a design flaw (in my opinion) where the only support for the tank and air fittings is this thin walled tubing. As the compressor runs, the tank & fittings vibrate a lot. That vibration seems to stress the tubing & I think leads to the failure. I hope to fabricate some additional support for the tank & remove the problem.
Anyway, while I have a request in to Sherpa’s technical support my previous experience there suggests a quicker resolution could come from finding the parts myself. I’m wondering if anyone recognizes these pieces (the check valve components fell out when the tube failed) and could suggest a United States based source? The threads are metric pipe. Here’s another image:
Thanks for any suggestions.
Howard
The immediate cause of the failure was that a thin-walled brass tube between fittings connecting the cylinder head / tank / air fittings broke.
The longer term issue is a design flaw (in my opinion) where the only support for the tank and air fittings is this thin walled tubing. As the compressor runs, the tank & fittings vibrate a lot. That vibration seems to stress the tubing & I think leads to the failure. I hope to fabricate some additional support for the tank & remove the problem.
Anyway, while I have a request in to Sherpa’s technical support my previous experience there suggests a quicker resolution could come from finding the parts myself. I’m wondering if anyone recognizes these pieces (the check valve components fell out when the tube failed) and could suggest a United States based source? The threads are metric pipe. Here’s another image:
Thanks for any suggestions.
Howard