We have a compressor mounted on top of it's own receiver. The compressor itself consists of two single phase compressors feeding into a receiver. The single compressors operate on a duty/assist/standby mode of operation. Problem, the compressors are undersized for the duty and are pretty much flogged out. We are considering installing a third larger compressor and plumbing it into the same air receiver. The larger compressor will then become the duty unit. The smaller ones will remain in situ but switched off. These would be used as a back up should the large compressor fail. I am also considering electrically interlocking the larger unit with the smaller unit, so that the large compressor can only be run when the small compressors are off. Does anyone envisage any problems with operating the compressors this way, and having three compressors into the same receiver. TIA
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20 years ago