badboysbailagnt
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Should you mount it inside or outside im worried about someone stealing it outside
air compressor
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Luckydevil
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Someone on here put theirs outside and then built a small wood casing for it. Looked pretty good and kept the noise down in addition to keeping it away from prying eyes.
GearHead_1
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There are two very good reasons to mount your compressor outside of your work area. Noise and space. If these aren't a concern then by all means keep it inside.
Goobzilla
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I thought about building a little doghouse off the side of my shop, but that would have put it pretty close to my neighbors house, plus the time & expense of pouring a pad and building the enclosure. So I just put it inside, it's really not THAT loud.
If I had an oil-free, I might reconsider cuz those suckers are loud.
Ron
If I had an oil-free, I might reconsider cuz those suckers are loud.
Ron
Any thoughts about installing an air compressor in the attic? I have plenty of room up there, my only concerns are the high heat in the summer and the cold temps in the winter affecting it. I live in Canada eh so it does get pretty cold in the winter and the attic is not heated.
Uncle Buck
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If you take it aloft I would suggest extending the drain pipe for the tank through the ceiling to your working level and putting a shutoff switch for draining on it at that end. If the ceiling can hold the load, you might dampen the vibration with something like thick die rubber. My two-bits.
69lkmno
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69lkmno said:I bought this rubbermaid shed from Sears last year for $399.00and just placed it behind my garage and stored the compressor in it. I just can't stand the noise from the unit when I had it in the garage. Good investment. I get to use it as a storage too.
Great idea! I bet you could insulate the inside with rigid foam insulation and get it even quieter.
All this talk is making me rethink my compressor location.
ChevyRestorer/C3
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Do you have a floor there now or are you saying that you could put some type of flooring down to set the compressor on? Also how are you going to get it up there? These things are heavy. Wouldn't you have a freezing problem with condensation in the winter? Even here in NC I had a small compressor freeze up in a unheated shop several years ago. The pressure switch line had condensation in it and it froze, the compressor ran untill it exploded the tank. Luckly no one was hurt but there was several in the shop that got quite a scare. The tank turned inside out, thank god no one was standing too close when it went off. Sure the tank and compressor was old and it split at the seam but at the time we didn't know it was frozen we thought it was just taking a long time to build up pressure untill.....BAM.
I would think in the summer it would get awfully hot up in the attic also.
Good Luck where ever you put it.
I would think in the summer it would get awfully hot up in the attic also.
Good Luck where ever you put it.
kartracer55
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ChevyRestorer/C3 said:
I was around when a filter bowl exploded and that scared the you knwo what outa me, dont want to imagine what a full tank would do!
They generally recommend not storing compressors in attics and crawl spaces for the reason mentioned.
Jim
I think that I could have the freezing problem any where I put it, it just might be a bit colder in the attic. You would think that the switch on that exploding compressor would have defrosted from all the heat that it was making while running.
Extra heat in the summer I could see as a problem, probably not too good for the motor. Getting it up there isn't too much of a problem, I have a large opening on the end wall, just the lifting part would have to be figured out
I already have a floor and storage up there, it would just be so nice to put it up there and save room down below.
Extra heat in the summer I could see as a problem, probably not too good for the motor. Getting it up there isn't too much of a problem, I have a large opening on the end wall, just the lifting part would have to be figured out
I already have a floor and storage up there, it would just be so nice to put it up there and save room down below.ChevyRestorer/C3
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I think the tank was partially under pressure when the line froze. The shop wasn't heated either and it was about 20 degrees inside and out. When we ran the compressor it just kept running untill it exploded it was one of those 20 gallon horizontal tank versions. When it exploded it sounded like 20 lbs. of TNT going off inside the shop. No one was hurt but were shaken up a lot. It turned the tank almost inside out. It happened first thing in the morning, we didn't get much done that day.