Bob - that sounds good. A couple of questions: 1) did you have to do
anything about freezing, or are you in an area where that is not an
issue? 2) what did you do about intake air? (You mentioned ducting the
cooling air and exhausting it upward but not how the compressor air was
rigged.)
Mike
nogera@juno.com wrote:
>
> Richard
> I just finished building for my 60 gal 5 hp compressor. I made it so I
> have about a foot of space all around the unit. I put Vents at the top
> of the roof and used A/C filter over the vents. I also sealed all the
> doors with weather stripping and put a ducted air ( also filtered ) from
> outside the shed to the cooling fan. With this the fan pumps filtered air
> from outside for cooling and the air exits the roof vents.
> I also placed two small doors on the side walls so I can access from out
> side the intake air filter and oil check and fill side of the pump. The
> second door allows access the motor and connection. A pipe is fitted
> from the drain to outside with a shutoff on the end. The little doors
> make checking the oil level very easy and the out side valve allows me to
> drain the tank ever time I walk by.
> All this and a nice quiet workshop !!!!!!
>
> Bob Nogueira "Who wishes his projects turned out as well as his tools
> for his projects did "
> >
> >I remember some discussions from before about putting the compressor
> >outside in a shed. What design considerations are there with this
> >type of
> >setup? Bear in mind that I live near Philly and it has been known to
> >snow... ;-)
> >
> >Cheers!
> >
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Mike Sloane
Allamuchy NJ
(msloane@att.net)
<http://home.att.net/~msloane>
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