12001 Air Compressors..Buy in UK or Italy?

Hi all,

I need an formidable air compressor that can do around 14cfm for my house in Italy, but I am unsure if I should buy one in the UK and ship it - around 250quid, or if I should buy one in Italy. My concern is that an Electric one would probably swallow up most of the 3kW, but I am unsure what is available in Italy for around the same kind of money. :wideeyed:

Can anyone advise me please?

Thanks.

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Building/Renovation

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 03/25/2009 - 17:37

Here is a link to compressors, which should be at 'good' Italian prices. [url=http://bricoshop.it/browse.asp?cat=4&path=33,4]BRICO SHOP FAI DA TE :::... Compressori d''aria, compressore Balma, Compressore lt.25, compressore piccolo, minicompressore[/url]

Knowing only very slightly more than nothing about air compressors, they look costlier than in the UK. I very much doubt that they will be engineered to perform (better than UK offerings) on 3kW. I have a sort of gut feeling that 3kW will be enough for a compressor - you don't need it to be performing at peak constantly, and a compressor is sort of like a capacitor.....thinking about this, I had some sandblasters who were using something pretty heavy and they had only got 3kW - didn't have any trouble. However - my extremely limited research doesn't mention a cubic ft per minute measure (maybe because in Italy a cubic foot is not the preferred measure... there are (pause for thinking) about 10 sq ft per square metre, so must be about 33 cubic feet per cubic metre, so if you get a volume measure 14 cubic feet means approx 0.4 cubic metres). I think!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 03/25/2009 - 18:11

[quote=Charles Phillips;114570].............. so if you get a volume measure 14 cubic feet means approx 0.4 cubic metres). I think![/quote]

Which is, I think , 400 litres

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