Compressor????

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drew.berry@wku.edu's avatar
Compressor????
onebadkota's avatar
onebadkota
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ive got a viair 480, and have another one to put in.....Can both of them be ran off of an 80 amp relay and one toggle switch, or do i need to get separate relays and switches for them....Thanks in advance
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onebadkota
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10 gauge industrial wire....my main worry i guess was running the one toggle switch
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Edited: 5/29/2007 1:22:25 PM by ShorelineF150

I had both my 480's just to a on/off switch when my pressure switch went out. Now I have a 150/180 pressure switch they both run off and 100% duty cycle solenoid with a on/off switch still in case the pressure switch or solenoid goes bad I can still shut my compressors off.
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olskoolpup
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the high current draw is going through the relay. the toggle swith is doing no more work tripping the relay with 2 compressors hooked to it. i would run bigger wire from your battery to the relay though.

my personal setup would be as follows:

4 gauge wire from battery to relay. (with an 80 amp fuse within a foot from the battery)

2-10-gauge wires going from the relay, one to each of the compressors.

10 gauge grounds.

you can use 14-16 gauge to trip the relay for the compressors to turn on from the pressure switch, or toggle in your case.