As an old man rant
I taught the kids to rebuild a six cylinder Carlyle compressor cast iron from 1948 parts were $16,000
weighs 3/4 ton, 75HP, they are working up another, good kids, I passed the baton.
Tecumseh made compressors in Louisiana
Out-sourced to Bangladesh in the 80's
Bangladesh made poor compressors for a decade, but now the good compressors come from Bangladesh
So they cost too much and got out-sourced to China starting the quality control all over again.
The Japanese and Koreans would not buy from China so they set up in Taiwan.
America does make compressors, so does Denmark, but they are expensive.
America will only buy cheap plastic crap, cars or refrigerators. I can kick in a bumper with my boot.
Beckett oil burners in the 80's bought a batch of Marathon burner motors with centrifugal switch start.
I could hold the motor shaft with my hand my assistant plugged it in, I could hold the motor until it smoked.
The motor has to start an oil pump, it's not that hard to turn.
Customer paid $4000 for a new furnace, no heat the next day. Bad for business, replacement motor was junk, too.
Don't try this at home but I melted three motors for the factory rep.
So Beckett set up a factory in Croatia to make PSC motors cheaper and better, I can't stop those at all,
and Beckett designed a double ended burner motor which revolutionized water heaters.
If we don't build it, somebody else will.