The Electric Air Compressor is in many ways the staple of the modern industrial workshop, but also plays an important role in the domestic market as well thanks to the ease with which it can be set up.  Unlike a gas powered compressor, which must be set up and maintained more rigorously in order to ensure that it runs as efficiently as possible, an electric model can simply be plugged in, and with routine maintenance, should run perfectly for many years.

Many stationary air compressors that you will find in a commercial workshop are powered by electricity.  The main advantage of electric air compressors in this situation is that they can be run at low power all day off the mains supply, and simply power up when the high pressure air supply is needed.  This use of a clean source of power in the workplace means that special venting is not needed for the gasoline fumes, and the workshop can be kept more clean and safe.

Another advantage of a mains powered electric air compressor is that it is simple to use, and any problems that you are likely to experience with the system are almost certain to be things that can be put right very quickly to ensure that any loss of power to the tools that you are using is only a short lived issue.

Thanks to the fact that they are fixed into position, it makes a great deal of sense to use electric air compressors in a workshop, and connect them to an integrated air supply system to convey air to the various tools that you use in different areas of the workshop.  With an electric air compressor, you do not need to worry about moving your power supply around from one place to another, and will be able to work uninterrupted and get the job done much more quickly as a result.

Although electric air compressors come in all different sizes from static systems that can offer power at high levels to the whole workshop through to tiny portable systems for inflating tires in seconds, there are only two basic concepts that underpin the whole range.  You can choose from either single stage or two stage compression systems.  Most smaller systems offer only single stage compression, which does not provide the same levels of pressure as you can get from a 2 stage system, making them well suited to home systems, while air powered tools such as impact wrenches do generally require much higher pressure air to work at their maximum levels, and as a result, a 2 stage system is generally better for the workshop environment.  These more c