i have a system with a warn vtc compressor but i want more than the stock 100 psi , can you change the preasure switch to give more . or if i add a second compressor to my tank that is higher rated will it break the warn. i use the warn for my tools but i want more preasure as ive just brought a k5la.
I guess you could run 2 PSI switches, one for your warn compressor and the other for your “other” compressor. That would stop the warn compressor at 100psi (or what ever it is set to) and the other compressor at 150psi. You would have to have a tank with at least 4 ports (unless you use adapters) so that you’ll be able to have 4 ports for the compressors and psi switches.
Both compressors should have check valves to prevent air from getting back into the system.
Anyone else see a problem with this?
wha psi should i use for the k5la ?
150 or less.
There are different opinions here… most say don’t go up to 200psi, stick with 150psi. I don’t have a K5, so I’m not going to give an opinion… as far as I know, trains use 150ish.
Coming from wikipedia for “Train Horns”
Train horns are operated by compressed air, typically 125-140 psi
As far as I know they move a LOT of air, so I would have a good size tank (10 gallons or so?)
175psi!
i agree man, but im tired of people getting mad when you throw this number out… its like… they have feelings for the horn and were hitting them with a hammer… i think it goes to there heart…its ours so if we want to hit it… we’ll hit it… so idont post it out anymore… ya f*** it… 200 PSI FTMFW!!!
lmfao i know but i respect them i run my horns at whatever psi i want… i love it at 200psi i run it for 4 month 
What is the acronym FTMFW?
It stands for “for the mother f***in win”.
And Curtis… as I’ve said before, I don’t really care about anyone elses horns. I don’t get mad when people tell other people to run 200 psi, so why get mad when I say not to? It’s obvious you’re mad or you wouldn’t always vent like that when someone asks.
And to the OP, you can toot your horn at 500 psi for all I care. Trains run them at 130 average. This is what the horn was designed to run at. People may run theirs at 200 psi and that’s all good, let them, I don’t care and it doesn’t bother me in the slightest. I just try to lend advice to keep people from damaging their horns. (I know I don’t wanna spend 4-500 bucks on a horn and mess it up)
lol i understand hondaguy i just like bustin your testicles…
curtis with your size tank ur only at 200-180psi for like half a second… with a 9 gal tank i can only get like 3second blast before the 165kicks in the compressor…and after that u can keep going for like 8seconds before u get under 100psi…so really 200psi is okay if ur tank is less than 10gal…if u have 20-30gals then 200psi is risking damage