air zenith compressor's

I have an industrial battery 100 amp circut breaker then a 200 amp stinger relay then 2 40 amp fuses. Before I had a normal optima with the stock alt and it would kill the battery in no time even when it was running installed a 200 amp alt and it's golden now. You need to treat two of those as you would an oasis almost. They draw alot.

Edited: 9/6/2006 6:20:01 AM by RAKilla

I've been running 2 AZ comps on a 5 gallon tank to 200 psi in my 300 for about 6 months now, stock battery, stock alt, no problems.

im diapointed with the response i got from them i have had a few come through the shop that still run but do not pump air. true they have replaced each one but with this last one i asked whats the deal and the guy told me i must be wiring them wrong and burning them up. i said but they still run fine just no air out the hose and he say's yep must have ran to small of wire WTF?

Edited: 9/22/2006 1:03:48 AM by Wolf37

Originally posted by RAKilla



Edited: 9/6/2006 6:20:01 AM by RAKilla

I've been running 2 AZ comps on a 5 gallon tank to 200 psi in my 300 for about 6 months now, stock battery, stock alt, no problems.

what kind of relays are you using?

Guys I wrote the install part of the mini truckin article anything you need help on shoot me an E-mail tech@air-zenith.com I am happy to help.

Matt was right. Max power is not at 200PSI the closer to 200 the lower the amp draw ( I know makes no sense)

Proper sizing of power system components is paramount. Large good quality wire relay and so on.

For a battery a single optima Yellow top is best it is built as a cross between starting and a deep cycle battery. It will start your car fine but has the built in ability to handle long constant loads such as a compressor. If you have a 2 battery system a red top optima under the hood and a blue top in the rear for the compressor through an isolator will work fantastic. A red top is mainly a starting only bat and the Blue top is a marine trolling motor deep cycle battery with minimal starting capacity.

Edited: 9/23/2006 9:04:53 AM by badandy

Thanks for the help. I found a nice isolator on ebay.

i'm trying to fill a 3 gallon tank as fas as i can with minimal noise, but no matter what i'm filling 3 gallon's or even 12 gallons, it will be at between 125 and 140 PSI. Would you guys suggest 1 Air Zenith or a pair of ViAir 380's... and any in fo you guys have on these compresors would be helpful... Thanks

so what's the deal with these air zeniths? I'm running a 5 gallon tank with a viair 380 now and a 165/200 pressure switch. I'm looking for faster fill times but need a reliable compressor for my daily driver.

Originally posted by 1lowrado



so what's the deal with these air zeniths? I'm running a 5 gallon tank with a viair 380 now and a 165/200 pressure switch. I'm looking for faster fill times but need a reliable compressor for my daily driver.

Another Viair?

i have 2 air zeniths an ran fine for a day then one stopped working i charged up the batt an started it up still only 1 let it run for about 10 min an the other one kicked on now it fryed my alt so deff. recc. bigger than a 75 amp alt especially since the truck doesnt wanna run until they shut off but a great compressor none the less it fills a 12 gal tank 0-200 psi in like maybe 10 min ..