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Homemade Air Compressor

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What happens when you find a junk 125 PSI 3 gallon compressor off the side of the road and mix in some scrap parts from a refrigeration unit? You get this!

The compressor is from a dehumidifier, and it's wired into the factory pressure cutoff switch. It can not only compress air, but it can also pull a mighty vacuum if I were to make a special fitting for the intake. I do need to add a regulator and a check valve because sometimes air creeps past the pump and leaks out the intake, but those...

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