Cybertruck Air Compressor + Tire Repair Kit now available in Tesla Shop

[AlmostHuman]

I've been using the TC BL compressor for over 6 months and it's a powerful little unit. Based on what I've heard about the Tesla inflator, the TC BL compressor is faster and more powerful. But that would only matter if you're going to pair it with a 4-tire inflation hose system that can re-inflate all four tires simultaneously. If doing one tire at a time both inflators will be limited by how much air a standard Schrader tire valve can flow. With tires as large as the Cybertruck runs, the Schrader valve is the limiting factor, that's why off-roaders adopted the 4-tire filling system.

The Tesla unit looks to have a useable pressure shut-off system, making it automatic. The TC BL is best shut-off manually, because it doesn't have controls to deal with the back pressure that builds up between the compressor and the tire valves, and you can only set the shut-off pressures in 5 psi increments. So it's designed more as a compressor than an automatic tire inflation inflator like the Tesla unit. It's best used manually, with a pressure gauge built into your inflation system.

I use worm style tire plugs, they can perform temporary emergency repairs on a wider variety of tire damage, especially if you get creative with them, but don't have the ease of use of the sealing goop that comes with the Tesla inflator.

Neither one is "better", they just fill different needs. If outright speed of inflation of four tires is most important, get the TC BL and a four-way inflation hose with a gauge. If convenience and built-in accuracy of filling one tire at a time is most important, get the Tesla inflator. The Tesla inflator comes with tire sealing goop which I don't carry, nor would I want to use it. You have to pay for that. A worm style flat repair kit is less than $50 but you have to be able to use it effectively.

Any recommendations for a tire repair kit? Need to add one to the truck.

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[furbyland]

I already own too many small air compressors to justify me buying the tesla overpriced $550 and out of stock compressor heres my compressors I already own.

What is #5?

 

[ARMANDO PADILLA]

What is #5?

it's a small handheld inflater not really a compressor but it will inflate a low-pressure tire to 50psi

 

[HaulingAss]

Any recommendations for a tire repair kit? Need to add one to the truck.

The important thing is that it has extra insertion bits (in case you break one) and that the reamer actually reams. It's a crap shoot because some of the more expensive ones are crap and some of the cheaper ones are good. It also needs needle-nose pliers. Some kits have replacement valve cores and removal tool which are always good to have. You need lubricant and/or vulcanizing cement (which can act like a lubricant). Some say the cement is better, but I'm not sure if that's true or not. Most kits just come with lubricant. It should have a sharp blade so you can cut the plugs off flush before driving away.

I buy some worm plugs in different sizes so I have a variety in case the ones that came with the kit aren't working. Safety-Seal plugs have been around forever and have a good reputation. I have slim plugs, regular plugs and some heavy-duty truck plugs that are longer/thicker so I can tie knots in them in an emergency repair on a sidewall cut.

I think I have a Boulder Tools Kit and I might prefer it to the AutoTown Kit that I bought more recently (but I can't compare them right now). You can probably make any kit work if you have spare insertion needles but I would probably shop in the middle price range because paying more doesn't guarantee it will work better. As far as I know they are all made in China these days.

Throw some light rubberized gloves in there for grip and cleanliness.

 

[HaulingAss]

The interesting thing there is no fuse for the 12v output on the trailer connector, so it's not clear what the amp rating is.

As far as I know, none of our Tesla have any low voltage fuses (and good riddance!). They use solid state smart circuit breakers that will reset themselves if you blow one.

No more fuses! Yea!

 

[cybercricket]

As far as I know, none of our Tesla have any low voltage fuses (and good riddance!). They use solid state smart circuit breakers that will reset themselves if you blow one.

No more fuses! Yea!

Right, and while it's pretty cool, makes you wonder what the side-effects are. For example, do they they trip as fast-acting, or as time-delay equivalents ?

 

[ARMANDO PADILLA]

As far as I know, none of our Tesla have any low voltage fuses (and good riddance!). They use solid state smart circuit breakers that will reset themselves if you blow one.

No more fuses! Yea!

Right, and while it's pretty cool, makes you wonder what the side-effects are. For example, do they they trip as fast-acting, or as time-delay equivalents ?

There are however some really large fuses on teslas for the high voltage system that will blow out if shorted and need to be replaced.

 

[Guylouis]

Just came in. Super legit!

 

[ARMANDO PADILLA]

There is no 12v in CT…

Wrong answer, there is definitely 12v in the CT if you know where to look.
one area would be the trailer lights connector socket.

Technically it's not 12v at all its somewhere in a range of voltages. something like 10v to 15v just a guess i don't know the exact range but 12v would be the desired voltage but fact is that it's hardly ever exactly 12 volts. I put a voltmeter on mine with 75% charge and it was at 13.4v

 

[REDNAVE]

Here’s my hands on review; let me know if any questions I didn’t address already:

 

[ARMANDO PADILLA]

I've been using the TC BL compressor for over 6 months and it's a powerful little unit. Based on what I've heard about the Tesla inflator, the TC BL compressor is faster and more powerful. But that would only matter if you're going to pair it with a 4-tire inflation hose system that can re-inflate all four tires simultaneously. If doing one tire at a time both inflators will be limited by how much air a standard Schrader tire valve can flow. With tires as large as the Cybertruck runs, the Schrader valve is the limiting factor, that's why off-roaders adopted the 4-tire filling system.

The Tesla unit looks to have a useable pressure shut-off system, making it automatic. The TC BL is best shut-off manually, because it doesn't have controls to deal with the back pressure that builds up between the compressor and the tire valves, and you can only set the shut-off pressures in 5 psi increments. So it's designed more as a compressor than an automatic tire inflation inflator like the Tesla unit. It's best used manually, with a pressure gauge built into your inflation system.

I use worm style tire plugs, they can perform temporary emergency repairs on a wider variety of tire damage, especially if you get creative with them, but don't have the ease of use of the sealing goop that comes with the Tesla inflator.

Neither one is "better", they just fill different needs. If outright speed of inflation of four tires is most important, get the TC BL and a four-way inflation hose with a gauge. If convenience and built-in accuracy of filling one tire at a time is most important, get the Tesla inflator. The Tesla inflator comes with tire sealing goop which I don't carry, nor would I want to use it. You have to pay for that. A worm style flat repair kit is less than $50 but you have to be able to use it effectively.

nice TC BL compressor quiet cool.

 

[arodriguezfeo]

Rednave’s video showed that the tire took almost 6+ mins to fill from 12 to 50 PSI. I asked Chat GPT to extrapolate numbers based on flow rate 25 (CT) and 125 (TC BL) liters per minute respectively. Looks like a no brainer to me. Am I missing something in my analysis?

 

[cadamo001]

Rednave’s video showed that the tire took almost 6+ mins to fill from 12 to 50 PSI. I asked Chat GPT to extrapolate numbers based on flow rate 25 (CT) and 125 (TC BL) liters per minute respectively. Looks like a no brainer to me. Am I missing something in my analysis?

I don't know enough about this to comment on it intelligently but I do know for certain that you can't take the stated flow rate and just divide it out. The stated flow rate is usually at 0 PSI. So you can't really calculate the CT compressor flow rate based on Rednave's video. Easy enough for someone who has the TC BL pump to replicate though. @HaulingAss ????

 

[arodriguezfeo]

No, I only mention Rednave’s post to show that IRL is very close to the calculations based on 0 to 50 psi solely with respect to the CT all terrain tire size at the stated flow rates for each compressor: 25 lpm v 125 lpm.

 

[cadamo001]

No, I only mention Rednave’s post to show that IRL is very close to the calculations based on 0 to 50 psi solely with respect to the CT all terrain tire size at the stated flow rates for each compressor: 25 lpm v 125 lpm.

Where did you see the stated flow rate of 25lpm for the CT?

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