HI ROy,   
      
   On Thu 2011-Sep-01 11:06, Roy Witt (1:387/22) wrote to Mark Hofmann:   
      
    MH> I would go for the bigger tank, but to go over 30 gallon would   
    MH> require a 220 outlet.  I didn't think to run that before we finished   
    MH> the basement.   
      
   RW> You should do that 220 line now. I run my compressor from the dryer   
   RW> 220v outlet.   
      
   I'm with ROy here.  The way you like to tackle your own   
   maintenance chores and the like, you won't regret that 220   
   line.  IT's not hard to do.  YOu can do the work yourself   
   and if not comfortable have the electrician tie it in at the panel, but I'd   
   bite the bullet and do it.  I kept   
   threatening to run a 220vac line out here to the end of this place, for the   
   remote truck mainly, but since I'm going to   
   change the business modality and move back to NEw ORleans   
   hopefully by next summer that one's out the window.   
      
      
      
      
   RW> I think there's a bit more to it than the cost. You're getting   
   RW> industrial type equipment (parts) for those extra dollars.   
      
   Indeed you are, and therefore those dollars mean less spent   
   in replacing equipment that breaks when you use it a little   
   hard.  That's one place where dad didn't cheap out on me   
   when I talked him into going heavier than he thought he   
   needed, and he's glad he didn't now.  hE actually has a   
   garage workshop now he can enjoy.  Also, with my grandson   
   living with him you've got often two guys tinkering with   
   their favorite project of the moment out there, so the extra capacity, both   
   air movement wise and electrical is standing   
   him real good right now.  Grandson's dad's mom bought him a   
   beater, and I'm sure growing up in my dad's house he's   
   expected to do his own routine, and not so routine   
   maintenance if he wants to drive it .   
      
   Regards,   
              Richard   
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