compressor shed DONE update

[Vernmotor]

Ok for those who have not seen this here is a link to the first thread
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=33524

Now it deaded the sound by 75 % very nice..you can stand by it and talk. I do need to do the air lines yet. But the problem is hooking the fan up to run with the compression is not going to work.After running it for 10 min .it got up to 80 deg in there not bad. But when the compression stops so does the fan. well heat raises after it stop..no fan..need to control the fan by temp..Got any idea on how to do that ??

 

[volvo]

How about something like a 12v bath exhaust fan set-up, intake from outside and exhaust straight up through the roof..Heat is defiantly your compressors enemy.

 

[IDASHO]

Just put the fan on a t-stat.

 

[rickairmedic]

Vern an attic fan T-stat should work for your instalation so the fan will run if the shed goes over whatever temp you set the stat at.

Rick

 

[Vernmotor]

Volvo it has a bath room exhaust fan on it..look at pics.

IDASHO I do have a old house t-stat I just took down..put one of them new programbile ones up.. But I do not know how to wire it ?

Rick I will look in to that..

 

[cwolfley]

didto with dasho---- put line votage control t-stat that way it turns the power on to the motor when it reaches your desired temp....honeywell from true value works pretty good

 

[Jack Olsen]

http://www.drillspot.com/products/49777/Columbus_Electric_1A22-7_Attic_Fan_Thermostat
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[Vernmotor]

OK got ya ! I will go buy one and we will be rolling ! Lowes should have one.

 

[Stargeezer]

Nice job on this cabinet. I would suggest further sealing and caulking to eliminate all the air/sound leaks. Any little gap will leak sound. Also looks like there is bare wall below the motor level. If you put sound deadening or damping material there too it will absorb even more sound; since the sound is bouncing around inside the cabinet.

Indoor outdoor carpet bonded on the outside will look good and even absorb more vibrations. But that may be overkill for a shop?

 

[Vernmotor]

I did do sealing with sealer and a door seal also..it air tight to the point of ...hard to get the door closed LOL...the lower part of the wall I did't do because it in the basement..One thing it helps cool the shed and I was worry about dampnist..mold so fore.. now we are talking about the back wall. down below. 15" above the foor.. the inside of it is 5/8 firewall drywall.

 

[krooser]

I've happen to own the same compressor... model #218V. That's a IMC-Bel-Aire rebadged for Cornwell.

 

[Vernmotor]

the compressor itself seem to be a good one. For me and what I do..I had it about a year now..

 

[rao]

It also needs air flow into the shed for the compressor to compress

 

[Vernmotor]

rao go look at the link I posted..it has air flow

 

[Jack Olsen]

It also needs air flow into the shed for the compressor to compress

I'm in California, where houses typically don't have basements. My old 1925 house has a small cellar (about 10'x12') where I put my compressor inside of an insulated box. Right away, I started noticing that the garage took on the smell of what it's like underneath a house (hard to describe, but it's California dirt that's always dry and comes mixed with the stuff they use to kill termites). It's a distinct smell.

It took me a little while, but I finally figured out that the source of the under-house smell was the air compressor. All of the air it compressed came from under the house. So I ran a duct to the cooling fan from one of the openings along the base of the house. One tank of air later, the under-house smell was gone. Now the compressed air is fresh and the garage smells like motor oil and sawdust again.
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[Dan in Pasadena]

Jack, How are you cooling the compressor room? The question above got me thinking of the Fan-Tastic fan in my Lance camper. It runs on 12v and turns itself on and off according to temperature. Seems like it would be easy to use one of those, and cost efficient too.

 

[e-tek]

Great work Vern! The ingenuity shown is top notch and has given me a few ideas for my own shop!

 

[Jack Olsen]

Jack, How are you cooling the compressor room? The question above got me thinking of the Fan-Tastic fan in my Lance camper. It runs on 12v and turns itself on and off according to temperature. Seems like it would be easy to use one of those, and cost efficient too.

I use a $20 load-sensing switch that Craftsman sells so your saw and shop vac can come on at the same time to get the sawdust. It senses when the compressor cycles on, and (in my case) turns on two fans that move air into and out of my compressor box through insulated ducting.


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