Yeah, Most of the air compressors for sale nowadays are junk. I recommended this one because I still have a similar model from the same company that's going strong after many years. This is especially true if you have a light truck and are trying to push 80PSI into a tire. The unit doesn't draw 15A unless it's really working hard. When a normal ICE car is not running, the voltage at the cig lighter socket is usually down to around 12v, whereas if the engine's running it can be a few volts higher. Obviously on most EV's this is a non-issue. They also don't want you to get stuck on the side of the road with a flat, then after repairing your flat, you then find out your car won't crank.
On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 10:05 AM John Lussmyer via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon Mar 22 09:53:02 PDT 2021 [email protected] said: > >Regarding the air compressor link, What does it mean in the ad, where it > says ?engine must be running during use?? > > > >That is a very odd requirement for an air compressor. > > Look at the current draw on that one. 15A > For many small cars, that will kill the battery quick if the engine isn't > running. > It also means that it won't take several hours to fill a tire. > > > -- > > Worlds only All Electric F-250 truck! > http://john.casadelgato.com/Electric-Vehicles/1995-Ford-F-250 > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to [email protected] > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20210322/d48c12e5/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
