TYRE INFLATOR

[crob]

My tyre inflator (also a jump starter) packed in a couple of weeks agp, so I am trying to find a replacement, which should be simple enough, shouldn't it?

 

It must be me. I've already returned 2 unsuitable ones and am struggling to find another one. My requirements are:-

 

1. Inflate up to 100psi. My tyres are 70psi, so one that only goes to 80psi is a bit close to its limit.

2. If a 12v inflator, it needs either a 4.5m cable to stretch from the cigarette lighter socket to the rear wheels, or it could have a 3.5m cable if it works from the habitation 12v socket that is closer.

3. It could be rechargeable, like my previous one, but I haven't found one under £59 - a lot just for blowing up tyres, especially for a tight-fisted Yorkshire git like me!

 

I did buy one with a 3.5m cable, but it would only work from the cigarette lighter socket i.e. the engine battery; it wouldn't work from the habitation socket. Is that something to do with amperage output?

 

Any recommendations/views would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thank you all.

 

[HymerVan]

My solution was to purchase a small garage style compressor (Michelin) which cost £99 from Costco. I may be a tight-fisted Scottish git but I like my vans tyres to be right !

It is mains powered. Although in theory a "small" electric compressor will inflate to 80psi it will normally need a connection directly to the battery terminal posts and even then it may struggle

[John52]

This one ... link ...

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/451719-12V-14A-Heavy-Duty-Volume-Air-Compressor-Car-Tyre-Inflator-140PSI-/292155757235?epid=1380504753&hash=item4405d712b3:g:6i8AAOSwHLNZRruT

 

looks the same as the one I have which I bought from one of the Chinese shops in Javea

Works a treat

Cable is only 3 metres but I doubt you will find one longer. You could get some 13 amp cable and chock block connectors to extend it.

[david lloyd]

Funnily enough, the best one I've used so far is the one supplied in place of a spare wheel. Had to use it in France last year until I got a slow puncture repaired and it did everything needed - including reaching the rear wheel. The Hymer does have a spare wheel but also came with the puncture/inflation kit so will continue to use that.

 

David

[Derek Uzzell]

There have been several earlier forum enquiries about ‘motorhome suitable’ tyre inflators - this is a recent one.

 

http://forums.outandaboutlive.co.uk/forums/Motorhomes/Motorhome-Matters/Tyre-inflators/46980/

 

A cheap 12V inflator capable of being powered from a dashboard socket fused at, say, 10A may be able to ‘top up’ a large motorhome tyre even at an 80psi pressure, but it is likely to get very hot doing it and (if it survives!) the task will take quite a while.

 

A more robust 12V inflator (eg. the T-MAX pump I have) easily handles high pressures and inflates quickly, but it has a high Amperage demand (so needs to be connected directly to a battery) and is not cheap.

 

Significantly less expensive high-output, high-Amperage 12V inflators are offered on-line, but I’ve no idea how well they perform or how long they will last.

[crob]

Thanks for your suggestions. I've ended up with the"old" way - a foot pump! It has a gauge that works, and it didn't take too long to top up from 65 to 70. And good for the leg and heart muscles!

 

We leave tomorrow on "fresh air".

[Uncle Bulgaria]

crob - 2017-08-08 9:47 AM

 

Thanks for your suggestions. I've ended up with the"old" way - a foot pump! It has a gauge that works, and it didn't take too long to top up from 65 to 70. And good for the leg and heart muscles!

 

We leave tomorrow on "fresh air".

 

I use a high pressure track bicycle pump. Capable of up to 100 psig and fine for topping up a tyre to the desired pressure (your heart and upper body get a good work out!) I wouldn't want to use it to raise pressure by more than 10 psi. this way, unless only having to do one tyre.