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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Jul 9, 2007, at 1:25 PM, Warren wrote:

> > We just replaced my cobbled old air compressor with one from  
> > Sears. It's
> > been about two weeks, I guess, with me using it no more than a few  
> > hours
> >   a day to shoot a nail gun or to blow out the surface planer.  
> > Yesterday
> > it started giving me a fit. The motor will try to kick in the  
> > compressor
> > but usually fail before it does.
> >
> > The vacuum pump down in the barn will do the same, always has, but  
> > with
> > that I can give the belt a tug or two and get it going.


Any chance of insufficient voltage at the outlet it's plugged into?  
Heavy starting load taxes long extension cords or undersized or  
overlength services.