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johnhealey1776
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Jun 13, 2014

12v Air compressor question!? High Volume? Beach camping

Hi, I camp at the beach mostly and im looking for a good 12v air compressor to bring my tires up from 18psi to 80 as fast as possible. Anyone have any good luck with any? The lines for the compress...
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kohldad
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Jun 14, 2014
A 120V compressor will outperform any 12V compressor because it consumes more power in a shorter time. More power means more air can be pumped. If one already carries a generator, then a small 120V compressor makes sense.

I no longer have the spreadsheet I used to figure it out, but think it was only about 7 minutes or around 30 minutes total pump time.

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