ARB Brushless compressors at SEMA - This could work in a Trailhunter.

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One of the coolest things I have seen on my social feeds from SEMA is the new brushless compressor series. Brushless motors are pretty incredible, and can move incredibly fast. They are claiming these will move 50% more air compared to the old compressors, which is very impressive. They are offering a single and a dual piston.

My Trailhunter does have the OEM compressor of course, which is being replaced under warranty so I have not yet gotten the chance to do some proper testing with it (technically its the control unit that's faulty). BUT, if air output is underwhelming, I am 90% sure the Trailhunter control head can be modified to work with these ARB units. If I do this, I will document it on the channel. Running 35s, fast air up times would be fantastic and let's be honest, I was a bit disappointed when I found out its not an ARB to begin with.

I will get photos when I have time, but the Trailhunter compressor has 2 air hoses that run to the control module. One is air supply (outlet) and the other in the inlet. No huge hurdles I don't think aside from one potential challenge. I may need to test is what the amperage draw is on the OEM compressor. The ARB dual piston draws a ton of power, so it could require heavier wiring and a relay to do so. So the OEM wiring would control a relay, and heavier wiring would need to be ran to the rear of the truck. I think you could get away with OEM wiring with the single piston unit which would still likely outperform the OEM compressor for anyone not wanting to change stuff up too much.

All of the deflate/inflate/fancy features would still work exactly the same and this would almost certainly provide way better inflation times than the OEM unit. My initial testing of the OEM compressor wasn't the most impressive thing, but it's possible it wasn't working correctly at the time and I didn't realize it.

ARBs post: https://www.instagram.com/arb4x4me/reel/DB_0eo9A0U3/
 

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