Is it dangerous to fill air bottles with a compressor powered by a gasoline engine due to carbon monoxide?
Carbon Monoxide is VERY dangerous. We always recommend the electric when ever possible. Less noise, vibration, heat and no Carbon Monoxide. Now if your only choice is a gas power compressor and it is for breathing air let us know and we will include at no charge a 6 foot hose assembly to get the compressor intake farther away from the exhaust of the motor. Also good common sense helps here, put the fresh air intake up wind of the motor so the wind is blowing the exhaust AWAY from the intake. Change the filters regularly (Lawrence Factor has a filter that has Monoxycon and it is supposed to do a little better job of converting Carbon monoxide to a less dangerous Carbon Dioxide). Still bad air in will get you bad air out fairly quickly. The filter can get rid of small amounts of Carbon monoxide but how much? Be very careful and err on the side of safety. This is with any compressor brand you must be careful of Carbon Monoxide or any harmful contaminants. We sell several different types o
