Installing New Kobalt 80 gallon air compressor and air lines! (Shop upgrades Pt. 1)

[@mikeyB357]

I bought a husky version of that compressor in 2006’ made by C&H. Its still running. Plastic line fitting cracked i ordered a new one. Itsloud like yours but a decent choice. Good luck with yours and your adventures , mike

[@frostgfx]

You will need a filter/regulator (no oiler) right out of the compressor. Place a 3' flexible hose from your compressor to your hard lines for vibration isolation. You could also use a 25' flexible hose to make up your distance from the compressor too hard lines/ filter/regulator. Also, depending on your weather/cold/heat, you might want to install your compressor outside your shop to cut down on internal noise pollution. Build a small outhouse to cover the compressor. Remember to read the manual for your compressor thoroughly BEFORE you plumb your air lines. For long-term safety's sake, you must drain the compressor tank water drain at the end of every day, to prevent rust from forming, which could cause your tank to catastrophically fail sometime down the road.

[@joebryant5793]

Thanks for this vid!! Just picked up the same air compressor. Going to copy your air-line set up. Looks great!!

[@latenightkings7958]

so glad I found this video. I did not know how to plumb mine. Thanks a lot! 🙏

[@Eric_Kinser]

I’m so glad it helped you out! You’re welcome, thank you for taking the time to check it out and for the sub! 🙏

[@LuisC202]

Lol That is not quiet. That is Loud :).

[@kimojoseph8057]

Nice home shop bro and u good on those wires man lol keep it up and keep making more videos 👍👍👊💯👏🙏👌✅✊

[@Eric_Kinser]

Thank you for all your kind words!! The wires came out great and everything works perfect! I’m excited to make even more content in the near future! 🤘🙏

[@chrisyoung5275]

Nice shop my friend 👍

[@juhis6969]

What kind of spraybooth you are going to buy or do it yourself? Wait next video of this project and wish you good luck for that👍

[@Eric_Kinser]

I am going to build one to start with! Booth are very expensive, I will do it diy to start with and show the process and how it will work!

[@juhis6969]

@@Eric_Kinser same as me. Next summer doing more space and build iwn booth

[@SwormCycles]

I'm going to buy the same tank today but will only be using it for a HB blast cabinet and airing up/mounting tires. No painting. Do you think I would still need to run all those lines like you did? Do you think I can just get away with running a ball valve and hose right off the tank?

[@Eric_Kinser]

It’s always Recommended to have several feet of air line to allow the moisture to condensate and be able to drain, with blasting you should want this also because you don’t want moisture mixing with your blast media and clumping up and also introducing moisture onto what it are blasting!

[@motov8-garage832]

I just got the 60gal version of this a couple weeks ago on clearance for 350$. Probably taking it back thou. To many bad reviews and the cfm says 7.9 at 40psi. That's pretty low for the size of compressor. The kobalt 60 and this 80 share the same exact pump, only difference is this 80 I beleve is 5hp and 15.somthing cfm and mine is 3.7hp. There both way under cfm and power then they should be for the size. The 80 is at the ratings of what the 60 should be. All that said, they had this 80 gal onsale for 450 when I was there but they were sold out..at that price i woulda definitely got this 80gal. It seems to be a good setup if you get it for a good price like that. Out of curiosity? Hows yours running so far? Keep us updated. I imagine alot of people got this compressor as well as the 60 like I got in the last couple months. Lowes just cut the prices big time to get thses out and the new craftsmen compressors in.

[@Eric_Kinser]

The 60 is way under powered I think. This 80 is 15.1 cfm I believe. I wish it was a bit more than that honestly. It does run a little more than i would like while sanding/painting but it does keep good air pressure and flow during it. I didn’t get it on sale unfortunately, I wish I had though. However I am not dissatisfied with it. It’s a great compressor for sure for a budget that I am on! I will post and update on it in my next video, should be up next week!

[@motov8-garage832]

@@Eric_Kinser Awsome! Yea I wish I had made it in time to get the 80 gal onsale. I need to paint my transam and some other smaller projects. I knew I wouldnt be able to run da's with this 7.9 scfm 60 gal I got, I was hoping it would be enough to paint the car but after more research I'm doubting that now so I'm planning to return it. Also I noticed there rating is scfm not cfm, as far as I know scfm is a higher rating then cfm so mines actually around 6. somthing. Thank you for taking time to reply thou and look forward to the new vid update!.

[@Unknown-wc1hi]

Why the high piping?

[@Eric_Kinser]

You need 25 feet of air line before the filters at least and room for drained in between so you run the piping up and down a few times to save space as well as making good points at the bottom of the lines for water to drain.

[@uggb123]

How did you get the air compressor from the store. I am sure it wasn’t in the CRV. Did the store deliver it for you?

[@Eric_Kinser]

It was delivered to my house and I brought it over with a trailer!

[@billdavid6315]

loud as fuk....what's that pump speed 1500 rpm : \