Others Yong Heng new out of box shooting sparks

[FL22]

Because you made a direct, derogatory remark with no evidence of the possibly of such a catastrophic event even being able to happen.

In my experience, that means the person has an outside interest such as selling a competing compressor and shows great disdain with no merit.

Really

I did not make a derogatory remark in anyway.

You must have me confused with a very popular and successful YouTube content creator.

Firestarter, everyone makes mistakes, myself included. An apology is usually a good way to start.

 

[MountainSportAirguns]

I'm glad you got that out of your system, I'll bet your a reseller of other compressors... Right?

Have no interest in sales, never have! What I do have interest in is saving someone the headache of purchasing dangerous junk.

 

[robertwalsh1981]

I am not a fan of any device that shoots sparks when turned on, and I have to agree that there should be some concerns with a device that has electrical issues right out of the box. But as I will need to make some compromises initially, for the time being if the replacement compressor isn't a dud it will be unplugged between fillings.

I enjoy the videos that @MountainSportAirguns provides on his Youtube channel, his BRK GHOST HP BEFORE YOU BUY REVIEW video was one of the videos that influenced my decision to purchase the Ghost instead of an FX Impact. I especially appreciated the fact that he grabbed the barrel and wiggled it around and then followed up with additional shots to show that there was no POI shift. My cousin who got me started down this rabbit hole has a FX Wildcat mk3 BT and he is supper cautious with handling his barrel.

Thank you everyone for taking the time to share your advice/experience, it is always helpful to hear differing opinions when trying to make a decision so that I can weigh the pros/cons.

 

[Firewalker]

Have no interest in sales, never have! What I do have interest in is saving someone the headache of purchasing dangerous junk.

Gotcha! Good to know...

 

[robertwalsh1981]

Update: The replacement Yong Heng has arrived and it works as expected with no sparks (thankfully), it filled the 480cc tank on my Ghost from 150 to 250 BAR in about 3 minutes and the auto shutoff worked (though I have no intention of depending on it).

 

[Dogowski]

I ordered a Yong Heng (with auto shutoff) through Amazon and when it arrived well packaged and it has all the right information on it to imply that it is not a clone/knockoff. However, after confirming the specs on the name plate and following all of the steps from the manual for commissioning it, when I flip the power switch it shoots sparks out the rear of the compressor and trips the GFI outlet. This same outlet powers my drill press without issue so I am fairly confident it is not contributing to the issue, however, I also moved the compressor to a non-GFI outlet and tried there with the same results of the compressor shooting sparks when the power switch is flipped.

I pulled the cover off, and cannot find any thing obviously charred but I did find what looks like a ground wire that was cut off from the wire loom as well as seeing that the capacitor is floating inside the case and what looks like it may have been the mount point for it has been sawed off.

I was curious to see if anyone else has experienced this behavior from a Yong Heng compressor, or if anyone has had decent luck with any particular seller on Amazon for one?

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I see you got a replacement! Good call on that. Better to be alive than fried!