ah, don't feel bad about the air radiator, doug. I ended up spending the
better part of two weeks making a 2 fan 'radiator' for the compressor,
then an intercooler(?) for the pressure line. on the other hand, it is
most definately cooler now...
glad to see I'm not the only one that did that.
scott
On Tue, 16 Mar 1999, Douglas Shook wrote:
>
> Ken Landaiche wrote:
>
> > Well, I am really trying to eliminate the noise from the compressor without
> > building a room outside of the garage. So I'm open to suggestions. Those who
> > do build an outside closet must provide some ventilation. Are there any
> > guidelines for that? Can the ventilation in an in-garage closet be sound
> > baffled in some way. What do you shop-talkers think?
>
> Ken,
>
> I think you will not have any problems as long as you use forced ventilation.
> I
> would mount an exhaust fan as high in the "closet" as possible, have it
>exhaust
> outdoors (the noise will not be coming inside), and raise the side panels
>about
> a 1/2" off the floor for air intake (this would provide a perimeter intake to
> assure even air flow and minimize the sound transfer.
>
> I also would wire the exhaust fan to one side of the limit switch on the
> compressor so that it runs whenever the compressor is on.
>
> The air intake is one of the nosier aspects of a compressor -- I would also
>like
> to suggest that you plumb the air intake through the outside wall (to draw the
> intake air from outdoors). I have done this for several installations and it
> made a major improvement in noise reduction. You can use a air cleaner
>canister
> for a garden tractor and just mount it to the outside wall -- it also makes
> changing the cleaner element a breeze.
>
> I have gone somewhat overboard on the compressor installations creating air
> cooling radiators and wiring boxer fans to blow on the pump head, but the
> compressor beckons one to tinker :)
>
> doug
>
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