Providing Exhaust for Air Compressor...

[///Mflossin]

Hello enthusiasts! Awesome site here! I was sent over here from another forum that I frequent and it's glad to see all of the enthusiastic garage folk! I think that this year is the year in which I take on my garage. I need to get a little more serious about the kind of overall shape that it's in, speaking in terms of the interior (sheetrock tape separating, paint etc) but aside from that...I want to utilize the nice, small attached workshop space that I have on the back of the garage.

My garage itself is 13' X 21' so it is a decent space. I have a door in the back that walks into a small workshop with lots of electrical outlets. This space is about 13' X 10' and I would like to put an air compressor in this room against the wall and run the line(s) into my garage through the wall. My question to you all is...how do you recommend I duct the compressor exhaust out of the workshop? I do have one window available to me but I am thinking that I may need something more sophisticated? I am on a budget for sure but I want to make sure that I safely exhaust the fumes and can move enough air to cool the compressor motor so... no shortcuts or sparing of expenses on this part of things. Any ideas would be great, thanks in advance. I may have found a second home here...love the board and some of you guys are nuts with the awesome garages built!

I hope to have soem pictures to document this whole "re-fresh" process of the garage. Thanks again guys!

 

[trovato]

Compressor exhaust? If this is an electric compressor, there isn't any exhaust, except for whatever comes out of your air tools or spray gun. Cooling is not an issue unless it is in a very confined space. 13' by 10' is not a problem. If this is an engine driven compressor, then it cannot be run inside at all. Running an engine indoors, no matter how well vented, is courting disaster. Am I understanding your question?

 

[6768rogues]

Same question as trovato. Exhaust?

 

[Charles (in GA)]

If this is a gas powered compressor, you should not try to operate it indoors, even if you somehow exhaust the fumes to the outside. Too much chance that CO can build up in the building.

Charles

 

[///Mflossin]

Gotcha guys! No...it's an electric compressor. The only exhaust fumes are those coming out of my glass pipe apparently! For some reason, I instilled this though in my mind that the motor was exhausting fumes. Well...that certianly makes one aspect of things much easier! Thanks for saving me from myself! Take care for now and I hope to be back soon with some actual results.

 

[Country]

 

[blaze_125]

I was sent over here from another forum that I frequent

www.ismokedtoomuchcrack.com/board?

just kidding, welcome aboard

For some reason, I instilled this though in my mind that the motor was exhausting fumes.

Mine is electric and I do actually have to ventilate the place. There is smoke coming out of my compressor and it's been like that since I took it home from the store. The thing runs and powers my tools, so I haven't taken the time to bring it back to the store yet. Although I may have run out of time to take it back already.

I think there might be a very small quantity of oil that leaks out and makes its way onto a hot part of the motor making it smoke.

 

[tdkkart]

Actually, alot of the noise that comes from a compressor pump is from the intake, just pull the intake filter off and see how much the noise level increases. In alot of cases piping the intake outside the room will make a significant difference in the noise level.
During certain parts of the year drawing intake air from outside has it's advantages also.