{"id":75295,"date":"2010-12-16T19:56:54","date_gmt":"2010-12-16T10:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=75295"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:41:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:41:50","slug":"final-chapter-big-trouble-compressor-failed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20101216\/everyday-events\/final-chapter-big-trouble-compressor-failed","title":{"rendered":"Final Chapter: Big Trouble! The Compressor Failed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"decob-2237364420\" class=\"decob- decob-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/advertise\" aria-label=\"ad_sample_1456_180_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1.png 1456w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-300x37.png 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-1024x127.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-768x95.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1456px) 100vw, 1456px\" width=\"812\" height=\"100\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p>Well, here we are.<br \/>\nWith the motor and magnetic switch failing one after another, I was at my wit&#8217;s end. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_62004005_0.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/> I shouldn&#8217;t look back and think, &#8220;Maybe it would have been faster to just toss it out?&#8221; But I did.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m not giving up, dammit.<br \/>\nWhen I looked at the magnetic switch wiring, there was the pressure gauge, the power switch, and the intermittent\/continuous switch.<br \/>\nThe motor &quot; pressure switch and all those wires\u2014there were a ton of them.<br \/>\nI was stumped. And it&#8217;s 200 volts, too.<br \/>\nI didn&#8217;t want a fire on my hands.<br \/>\nSo I had a pro take a quick look and swap it out in no time.<br \/>\nPhew!<br \/>\nLessons learned:<br \/>\nIf the magnetic switch goes &#8220;buzz,&#8221; replace it right away.<br \/>\nIf the magnetic switch cuts out on its own, replace it right away.<br \/>\nWorkaround: spin the motor manually\u2014watch out for burnout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, here we are. With the motor and magnetic switch failing one after another, I was at my wit&#8217;s end. &nbsp; &nbsp; I shouldn&#8217;t look back and think, &#8220;Maybe it would have been faster to just toss it out?&#8221; But I did. I&#8217;m not giving up, dammit. When I looked at the magnetic switch wiring, there was the pressure gauge, the power switch, and the intermittent\/continuous switch. The motor &quot; pressure switch and all those wires\u2014there were a ton of them. I was stumped. And it&#8217;s 200 volts, too. I didn&#8217;t want a fire on my hands. So I had a pro take a quick look and swap it out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75294,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[55],"class_list":["post-75295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-old-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}