I just bought my first air compressor. The manual says to turn the regulator all the way down when you turn the compressor on and then to turn it up when you want to use the air but it doesn’t say how high.

If I want to fill my tires to 35psi, do I just set the regulator to 35? Or do I set it higher so the tires fill faster?

  • lemmyman@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Higher, otherwise it will take forever to fill your tires.

    I have trailer tires that need 60 psi, so I set my regulator to 100 psi. That works just fine for my 30 psi car tires too. Just fill for a few seconds at a time, then disconnect from the tire and check pressure with a gage, repeat until target is reached.