ok thank you i watched about 20 videos and yours is the only one that mentioned... how to adjust the cut on pressure.. my compresser was kicking off at 140 and kicking on at 50... obviously not good since it burned up a motor... but.. in any case its all better after i put the new motor on and found out how to adjust it.. got it set for 135 and 90 cheers
With respect, your instructions for the Condor pressure switch are incorrect: The two large screws together adjust the cut in pressure - they do not operate separately to adjust the cut in and cut out pressures as you implied. (In fact that would make no sense - since you also said that the small screw adjusts the differential ... AKA the difference between cut in and cut out pressures). If you look carefully at the switch you can see that the two large screws both press on the single switch plate in the same way - so they cannot have different functions. To adjust this switch the two large screws should be adjusted together to set the cut in pressure. They should be set at the same height (therefore compression) to balance the plate. Then the cut-out pressure is set with the smaller differential screw.
Jeff, you are certainly correct! We haven't got around to uploading a corrected video yet I'm afraid. The small differential sets the cut-OUT pressure independently and the two "range" adjustment screws set the cut-IN pressure only. Our apologies for the mistake and thank you for pointing this out!
THANK YOU!!! My 60 gallon air compressor kept throwing the breaker once the compressor got to 130 PSI. So every time the air got low I had to flip the breaker back on. Not to big a deal because the breaker box is right next to the compressor but still very annoying. After watching your video I went out and adjusted the pressure at which the compressor shuts itself off. I adjusted it down to 120 PSI. Now the compressor turns itself off BEFORE it throws a breaker. Thanks again!!!
My pressure switch was malfunctioning, but with help from your video and a little experimentation I was able to make the repair to my satisfaction. Thanks a lot!
Thank you for the great tutorial. Just a related question. On the Square D pressure swith, it does not have the tabs for wire hook up marked Line and Motor like on the other pressure switch. How is the Sqaure D wired? Are the Motor wires wired on one side of the switch or split on both sides? The same with the Line wires, on one side or split? Thanks in advance.
my pressure switch turns on at 30 psi and off at 70 psi but it does it every 30 seconds when my water is on and you can see the pressure move like that on the gauge back and forth really quickly it's really driving me crazy do you have any idea what that could mean? is it the switch that has the problem or the 42 gallon steel pressure tank? any body have any ideas?
As I've mentioned above, we haven't got around to uploading a corrected video yet I'm afraid. The small differential sets the cut-OUT pressure independently and the two "range" adjustment screws set the cut-IN pressure only. Our apologies for the mistake and yes, we are going to upload an updated video in the near future.
Only video I've seen so far with a proper tutorial. many thanks!
You're welcome, and thank you!
ok thank you i watched about 20 videos and yours is the only one that mentioned... how to adjust the cut on pressure.. my compresser was kicking off at 140 and kicking on at 50... obviously not good since it burned up a motor... but.. in any case its all better after i put the new motor on and found out how to adjust it.. got it set for 135 and 90
cheers
With respect, your instructions for the Condor pressure switch are incorrect: The two large screws together adjust the cut in pressure - they do not operate separately to adjust the cut in and cut out pressures as you implied. (In fact that would make no sense - since you also said that the small screw adjusts the differential ... AKA the difference between cut in and cut out pressures). If you look carefully at the switch you can see that the two large screws both press on the single switch plate in the same way - so they cannot have different functions. To adjust this switch the two large screws should be adjusted together to set the cut in pressure. They should be set at the same height (therefore compression) to balance the plate. Then the cut-out pressure is set with the smaller differential screw.
Jeff, you are certainly correct! We haven't got around to uploading a corrected video yet I'm afraid. The small differential sets the cut-OUT pressure independently and the two "range" adjustment screws set the cut-IN pressure only. Our apologies for the mistake and thank you for pointing this out!
THANK YOU!!! My 60 gallon air compressor kept throwing the breaker once the compressor got to 130 PSI. So every time the air got low I had to flip the breaker back on. Not to big a deal because the breaker box is right next to the compressor but still very annoying. After watching your video I went out and adjusted the pressure at which the compressor shuts itself off. I adjusted it down to 120 PSI. Now the compressor turns itself off BEFORE it throws a breaker. Thanks again!!!
My pressure switch was malfunctioning, but with help from your video and a little experimentation I was able to make the repair to my satisfaction. Thanks a lot!
Thank you it was very helpful I could not find the papers this is exactly what I needed
to the point, thanks!
Gr8 Tutorial Thanks
great ! thanks very much for your help :-)
Thank you for the great tutorial. Just a related question. On the Square D pressure swith, it does not have the tabs for wire hook up marked Line and Motor like on the other pressure switch. How is the Sqaure D wired? Are the Motor wires wired on one side of the switch or split on both sides? The same with the Line wires, on one side or split? Thanks in advance.
Thanks!!!
what if you make the cut out pressure so high that the tank breaks?
my pressure switch turns on at 30 psi and off at 70 psi but it does it every 30 seconds when my water is on and you can see the pressure move like that on the gauge back and forth really quickly it's really driving me crazy do you have any idea what that could mean? is it the switch that has the problem or the 42 gallon steel pressure tank? any body have any ideas?
The Condor instructions do not make any sense.
As I've mentioned above, we haven't got around to uploading a corrected video yet I'm afraid. The
small differential sets the cut-OUT pressure independently and the two
"range" adjustment screws set the cut-IN pressure only. Our apologies
for the mistake and yes, we are going to upload an updated video in the near future.