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Support Equipment For PCP/HPA/CO2 and springers ,rams => Support Equipment For PCP/HPA/CO2 => Topic started by: Jman2311 on June 08, 2017, 10:04:32 AM
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So I know I have seen many reviews of the Tuxing style compressor that have been favorable. After last night I have had just about enough of mine. It works, kind of, but has been nothing but one problem after another. Also sorry for all of the profanity, this is a repost from another forum and I know here they all get signed out anyway.
1.) When I recieved my compressor it was packaged pretty well but form the get go I thought the unit vibrated unusally loud. At first I figured it just is what it is. After 3 or so fills one of the screws on the side towards the rear backed out and I learned that the cast iron mount at the rear of the motor had broken. I contacted LJ high pressure co and they were kind enought to send me a replacement motor mount and fan blade. That was not a very simple repair. I had to desolder the wiring to get the job done and of course rewire it. I opted for spade terminals with a bit of solder to lock it in thinking that that would be a bit more robust. Problem fixed, sort of. All of the vibration caused the screws on the front side of the compressor to hollow out enough that the screws couldn't be torqued down. I had to drill new holes and using 10-24 socket head srews with nylock nuts to hold together the front of the compressor.
2.) I had issues after about 3 fills where the unit would get to about 3000 to 3300psi and the unit would begin surging and trip the overload. I tore the unit down to try and find the problem. I was unable to find anything after a few attempts but eventually changed out the brass piston rings. The seemed to be the ticket because after that it began working again. Ok, not too serious but I am starting to get irritated with the constant failures.
3.) Just a few days ago my switch stopped functioning, like at all. Again, No big deal, just replace it. However, I couldn't source a like for like part so I used a generic industrial toggle switch. I made sure it was rated for 20A and once installed all was well again. I couldn't mount the receptical and switch back onto the unit so now they reside outside of the unit with rubber tape and electrical tape wrapped about the terminals to keep everything as safe as possible. At this point I am starting to call this thing the frankencompressor but it still works at building pressure.
4.) Last night was the last straw. At maybe 1.5 to 2 hours of life runtime total, I am doing a routine fill on 68cu in paintball tank that I take to the field with my Priest. I started at 3800psi on the tank and hooked it up to the compressor. I was monitoring the fill as usual and I peeked in on the gauge on the compressor, at about 4300psi, and the gauge on the tank at about 4500psi. I decided that I would shut the unit off. With my face maybe 9 inches from the head of the compressor, reaching for the pressure relief screws, The ()&(^)(&() burst disk blows. I didn't know that at the time but the vent hole on the cap was pointed right at my face and I took a 4000+psi blast right to the left cheeck. After hitting the ground in shear fear and thinking the whole "dang" thing blew up in my face I turned the unit off. I took a moment to try and messed with my ear for a moment to try and silence the ringing I decided *&^% THIS THING!!!
5.) I woke up early this morning and figured I would try to replace the burst disk and give it a test. At least this time I can be prepared for the worst. ear pro, safety glasses, a board in front of me as a shield just in case. I replaced the burst disk and torqued down the cap. Put the plug into the whip and went for a test. It wouldn't build pressure at all. Inspection of the whip I noticed an o ring had blown out... Ok replace that and try again. Everything looks good, pressure building, getting close to 4000psi, 4100psi, and BAM!!! new disk blows out at about 4100-4200PSI. Replace it again. Give her one last chance. Same @$%^. Disk blows out at 4100ish PSI. I have one disk remaining so I figured that now I have a cdompressor capable of about a 3500PSI fill. Pretty short for me considering my priest like a 300bar fill and when your reg is set at 150bar, 3500PSI just doesn't yeild the shot count that I bought the gun for in the very first place.
I have seen many favorable reviews for the compressor and I am not one to give a bad review often but seriously, be as careful as you can with these units. If you start to get a cascade of problems, think hard for a moment if you should continue putting it into operation, I think my luck with this thing has run out. I am going to try and see if I can exchange or get a replacement unit and chock this one up to just being a bit of a lemon but I seriously doubt LJ will be able or willing to do anything about it. I hope I am wrong.
Edited for language. Glad to hear that you're still alive after all that! - Andy
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Yikes!!!
Glad you didn't get hurt
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Glad to hear your okay. I've had those burst disks go on me at about the same pressure. Needless to say it scared the &^^& out of me to. What I did was double up the disks. Granted that removes the whole safety part of it but I don't run it without watching it or checking it every minute or two.
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Interesting post. I've been reading mostly good things about the Tuxing compressors I'll be keeping my eye on this thread for sure.
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Also if you need some more disks let me know and I'll send you a few.
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I appreciate the offer for the disks. I believe LJ is sending me some more. I think I may have 2 left so I may double them up. Either that or cut a Coke can and go with it. I too constantly monitor mine. If you have calipers can you measure one. I got 0.2mm or 0.008. Something tells me that isn't thick enough.
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I appreciate the offer for the disks. I believe LJ is sending me some more. I think I may have 2 left so I may double them up. Either that or cut a Coke can and go with it. I too constantly monitor mine. If you have calipers can you measure one. I got 0.2mm or 0.008. Something tells me that isn't thick enough.
Sure thing, I'll measure them later tonight when I wake up for work. Make sure you don't tighten that screw/bolt too much putting it in. Can deform both the Teflon seal and the disks.
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I measured 2 with a caliper and got .007.
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Jeremy,
It stinks that yours is having so many issues. You mention trying to exchange it. Did you get anywhere with that?
Thanks,
Taso
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I too am having issues with my Tuxing compressor. It is impossible to remove the caps on the filter canisters. I have bent two long Philips screwdrivers and still can't remove the caps. I also heated the canister and cap for 3 minutes to no avail. The factory offers a video on YouTube but the caps are shown as snug but definitely not overtightened. So far not much help from the factory in China. Any ideas?
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If you have one of the newer ones with the flats on the caps, perhaps a vice and large crescent wrench with heat. It it just has the holes, I'm not sure. I use 2 long 1/4" drill bits to unscrew mine.
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I too have had some bad luck with my Tuxing compressor. The compressor switch vibrated itself into oblivion and burned up. Twice. I got no help from the factory in China (they don't understand English very well) so I called Veradium Air and they were very helpful reconnecting the "new" compressor switch (#3). The unit cools very well and coolant temp rarely gets over 140F. As a comparison, my Air Venturi compressor's coolant temp gets up to 180F. All I can say is I'm glad I have 2. Finding support is rather difficult so be prepared to learn a new skill.
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Bust disk on my Yong Heng blew a few times, I since have doubled up on the bust disk, but I don't trust them above the 4350psi mark -- I may use 3 disk just to be sure, as I stand over the pressure gauge just to be sure it cuts off at the proper pressure !!!
wll
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Bust disk on my Yong Heng blew a few times, I since have doubled up on the bust disk, but I don't trust them above the 4350psi mark -- I may use 3 disk just to be sure, as I stand over the pressure gauge just to be sure it cuts off at the proper pressure !!!
wll
I did the same thing after blowing burst disk after burest disk. I even ordered more disks and they did the same thing. I ended up doubling up on the burst disks and that solved the problem. Mines a vevor. I had to replace the HP piston rings and found the HP piston bolt was loose. Tightened it up with the new rings and it worked good after that. Of course I haven't used it in over 2 years because I have a shoebox f10 and 2 45 min tanks I use now.