A nice quiet air compressor
Discussion
As I lie here in bed I can hear my air compressor nick name wheezy start up in the garage.
It is a noisy asthmatic little thing but to be fair I did pull it out of a skip and fixed it with a cut up Christmas card.
So recommendations for a decent air compressor for my garage.
It doesn't need to be portable as wheezy is tiny and can be moved around for odd jobs.
Tank size not overly important as wheezy feeds into the garage air system which has a liberated gas bottle as the main tank.
Enough oomph to run a die grinder would be great
And not too loud
Budget about 500GBP
It is a noisy asthmatic little thing but to be fair I did pull it out of a skip and fixed it with a cut up Christmas card.
So recommendations for a decent air compressor for my garage.
It doesn't need to be portable as wheezy is tiny and can be moved around for odd jobs.
Tank size not overly important as wheezy feeds into the garage air system which has a liberated gas bottle as the main tank.
Enough oomph to run a die grinder would be great
And not too loud
Budget about 500GBP
The cheapest thing to do would be to fix any air leaks so once the system is up to pressure it would not come on at night.
Next would be to build an insulated box for the compressor something like this http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/insulat... just makes sure you keep an eye on the temperatures and add fans if necessary.
If you want a new compressor, belt driven ones are quieter than direct drive, but they are still noisy so still stick one in a box. Mine is outside in a box to protect from the weather.
The cheapest and quietest solution is it use multiple compressors from lots of old fridges. Just get a bigger air receiver for your air grinder. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7MQJHxltE8
Next would be to build an insulated box for the compressor something like this http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/insulat... just makes sure you keep an eye on the temperatures and add fans if necessary.
If you want a new compressor, belt driven ones are quieter than direct drive, but they are still noisy so still stick one in a box. Mine is outside in a box to protect from the weather.
The cheapest and quietest solution is it use multiple compressors from lots of old fridges. Just get a bigger air receiver for your air grinder. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7MQJHxltE8
Speedy11 said:
The cheapest thing to do would be to fix any air leaks so once the system is up to pressure it would not come on at night.
It is a wee bit of a lash up at the present moment.Once i get some parts which i have on order it will be a wee bit less of a lash-up.
Also i am fitting a solenoid which will be connected to the light circuit
So lights on = air tank connected to air system
Speedy11 said:
Next would be to build an insulated box for the compressor something like this http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/insulat... just makes sure you keep an eye on the temperatures and add fans if necessary.
If you want a new compressor, belt driven ones are quieter than direct drive, but they are still noisy so still stick one in a box. Mine is outside in a box to protect from the weather.
It will probably end up living in a boxIf you want a new compressor, belt driven ones are quieter than direct drive, but they are still noisy so still stick one in a box. Mine is outside in a box to protect from the weather.
Speedy11 said:
The cheapest and quietest solution is it use multiple compressors from lots of old fridges. Just get a bigger air receiver for your air grinder.
Won't have enough guts to run a die grinderI have a dentists compressor which is silent and it hasn't got the balls to run anything for more then 10 seconds.
It might end up being fitted as part of a master/slave set up
Edited by McWigglebum4th on Monday 26th May 08:17
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