450P-RV AUTOMATIC PORTABLE COMPRESSOR
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS:
Pleasereadandfollowtheoperatinginstructionscarefullytoassurethatyouwillenjoythe
convenienceandbestuseoutofyouraircompressor.
1.AlwaysoperatethecompressorATORBELOWTHEMAXIMUMPRESSURERATINGofthe
compressor.RefertoSpecicationssectionofthismanual.
2.AlwaysOBSERVETHEMAXIMUMDUTYCYCLEoftheaircompressor.RefertoSpecications
sectionofthismanualfordetails.Operationsexceedingmaximumpressureratingsandorduty
cyclewillresultindamagetoaircompressor.
3.YouraircompressorisequippedwithanAUTOMATICTHERMALOVERLOADPROTECTOR.
Thisfeatureisdesignedtoprotecttheaircompressorfromover-heatingandcausingpermanent
damagetoyouraircompressor.Thethermaloverloadprotectorwillautomaticallycutopower
toaircompressorshouldinternaloperatingtemperatureoftheaircompressorriseabovesafe
levelsduringexcessiveuse.
4.Shouldyourcompressorshutosuddenlyafterextendeduse,donotattempttorestartair
compressor.TurnON/OFFswitchofaircompressortotheOFFposition.Theautomaticthermal
overloadprotectorwillautomaticallyresetwheninternaltemperatureoftheaircompressordrops
belowsafelevel.Afterallowingaircompressortocooloforabout30minutes,youcansafely
resumeuseoftheaircompressorbyturningontheaircompressor.
5.Foryourconvenience,andtoprotecttheaircompressorfromover-pressureoperationthatcan
causepermanentdamagetotheunit-thiscompressorisequippedwithbuilt-inpressureswitch
withafactorysetcut-onpressureof130PSI(±5%)andafactorysetcut-opressureof
155PSI(±5%).Duringinationoftirepressuresbetween130PSIto155PSI,ifyoustopination,
thecompressormaynotrestart.Thisiscompletelynormal,sinceinlinepressureisgreaterthan
cut-onpressureofthepressureswitchandlessthancut-opressureofthepressureswitch.
Torestartcompressor,deatetirepressuretobelow130PSI,reconnecttirechucktotirevalve
stemandresumetireination.
6.Pleasenotethatyoumayexperienceaslightdelayofthecompressor’smotorstartingwhenthe
ON/OFFswitchisturnedonwhilecompressorispressurized(whenthereispressureintheline
thatthecompressorisconnectedto).Thisisanormaldelayedreaction,notaCompressor
ON/OFFswitchmalfunction.
7.Itisstronglyrecommendedthatyoukeepthevehicle’senginerunningwhileusingtheair
compressortopreventdischargeofyourvehicle’sbattery.
8.ONLYOPERATETHEAIRCOMPRESSORINWELLVENTILATEDAREAS.
Compressorperformanceisenhancedwhenoperatingcompressorwithvehicleenginerunning.
IMPORTANT:Enginemustberunningwhileusingthiscompressor.
Beforeattachingaircompressorpowerclampstoyourvehicle’sbatteryterminals,checktomake
surethattheON\/OFFswitchofyourcompressorisintheOFFposition.AttachthePositive(+)
batteryclamp(Red)tothePositiveterminalofthebatteryandtheNegative(-)batteryclamp(Black)
totheNegativeterminalofthebattery.Alwayskeepyourvehicle’senginerunningwhileoperating
compressortoavoiddrainingyourvehicle’sbattery.
CAUTION:YourPortableAirCompressorisMoistureandDustResistant,butNOTWATERORDUST
PROOF.Neverplacecompressorinsoftsandwhilerunningthecompressor.Vibrationfromthe
compressorwillcausethecompressortosettleintosoftsand,resultingincompressordrawingin
foreignparticles.Neverexposecompressortowaterwhilerunningthecompressor.
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