Motor Replacements for Air Compressors

When replacing your air compressor motors, you must ensure that your specifications align with the current system and what you have in place. Not just one variable but every single factor about the motors needs to line up to be a proper replacement.

When you want to start, figuring out the specifications for a specific Air Compressor Motor Replacement can be intimidating. So many options have one factor correct, but nothing else lines up, and every factor is accurate except for one. Sifting through all this can be incredibly taxing and often leads to disappointment rather than satisfaction. 

You may need more clarification after your research than before the process started. This is an everyday experience when finding the best compressed air motor for your application. So don’t let it steer you away; instead, rely on the resources here to find the Air Compressor Motor replacement that best fits your needs.

Our technicians can best help you by ensuring you have all the relevant information for your compressed air system. The easiest way is to have a photo of your data tag on hand. With this photo, we have access to all of the relevant information.

Gathering Your Motor Details

Although the process can be a pain, your compressor can help; you just need to find your data plate. Data plates are the holy grail of Air Compressor Motor Replacements. These simple metal sheets are stamped with all the relevant information about your motor. Simple sheet or holy grail? These little sheets are a holy grail of relevant motor data.

This information will fill in any gaps and give you a blueprint for what to look for. They are located directly on the motor, so they shouldn’t be hard to miss. Photographing the data tag might be more challenging than finding it. Light can bounce off the plate and blur out specific information needed to align your air compressor motor replacement. Do your best to capture all the information on the plates.

Data plates will have the following information readily available to you:

• HP
• Frame Size
• RPM
• Phase
• Voltage
• Enclosure Type
  • ODP or TEFC
• Shaft Diameter
• Service Factor

Relieve stress from selecting a suitable air compressor motor by having this information on hand. It will give you everything you need to find, including size, and replace your old motor with a reliable new motor replacement. Just look at the data plate for the information you need; if you can find your data plate, you won’t need much more information on hand to help the technician help you. If you are still trying to figure out what to do with it, pass it on to a Warthog Customer Support Technician.

With the information on your data tag, we can run it against our database to ensure the replacement motor you end up with fits all the specifications your system may require. If you want to text a photo of your data plate, we can start this process using the information given to us by the data plate. If we have this information, we can find a reliable replacement or steer you in the right direction. 

Finding the Right Air Compressor Motor

The most crucial part of finding a motor replacement is finding a suitable replacement. There are dozens of different motors that will work on other machines, but if the motor doesn’t fit your machine, it’s not the right one. This is why we stress the importance of your data tag, which is the cheat sheet to know everything about the motor you currently have in place.

The data tag is significant, but essential information can disappear due to wear on the plate itself. Specific information might be crossed out, smudged, or even outright disappear like it was never there. In instances like this, finding the correct information can be even more complicated; if this is the case for you, try your best to have that information on hand or be aware of the SKU for your compressor so we can track down that information. 

Some information is better than none, but it is only helpful if it can be used to determine the SKU or model of your air compressor motor replacement. Although appreciated, this information can cause more confusion than resolution if given too much irrelevant information. The cleaner we keep the data, the faster we can get you an air compressor motor replacement suggestion.