Chaps,
Cutting a long story short, my electric air pump has never been very convincing. It has worked, but badly; it would shudder and grumble and run very slowly, occasionally stalling. I have once had to use it in anger, and it didn't fill me with confidence.
I used it this morning to top up the tyres before the annual long-distance Christmas drive (local garage now charges 20p to use their tyre machine! [
]) and it was as bad as ever. Worse, if anything. And ended up packing up on me.
Close examination revealed that the plug (that goes into the cigarette lighter) had melted. Yes, melted. Failed to the point that no connection was possible. Unimpressed, I removed the plug and soldered on a more modern affair ...
... and the difference is dramatic! The pump now runs MUCH faster and inspires confidence! A decent solution, rather than the pathetic after-thought I originally had it down as.
Here's a picture ...
... and a suggestion that, if you have a standard pump which is somewhat lacklustre in performance, the problem could be the plug!
(I'll avoid the obvious point that changing the plug made my turbo-esque air compressor into the S2 of the tyre inflation world because it's Christmas, and I don't want to upset the 951 owners on here ... [])
Oli.
Cutting a long story short, my electric air pump has never been very convincing. It has worked, but badly; it would shudder and grumble and run very slowly, occasionally stalling. I have once had to use it in anger, and it didn't fill me with confidence.
I used it this morning to top up the tyres before the annual long-distance Christmas drive (local garage now charges 20p to use their tyre machine! [
]) and it was as bad as ever. Worse, if anything. And ended up packing up on me. Close examination revealed that the plug (that goes into the cigarette lighter) had melted. Yes, melted. Failed to the point that no connection was possible. Unimpressed, I removed the plug and soldered on a more modern affair ...
... and the difference is dramatic! The pump now runs MUCH faster and inspires confidence! A decent solution, rather than the pathetic after-thought I originally had it down as.
Here's a picture ...
... and a suggestion that, if you have a standard pump which is somewhat lacklustre in performance, the problem could be the plug!
(I'll avoid the obvious point that changing the plug made my turbo-esque air compressor into the S2 of the tyre inflation world because it's Christmas, and I don't want to upset the 951 owners on here ... [
]) Oli.
