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Jul 15, 2020 13:54:21 GMT
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One of the most annoying things in my workshop is the noise of the compressor, I am also worried about disturbing the neighbours. I don't have anywhere to put a remote shed etc for it but I do have a pit I no longer use, it's concrete lined and dry roughly a metre wide and deep and 3 m long, one end is filled with a landrover series petrol engine which I need to get rid of which will then leave a compressor sized space, I was thinking of using a 6" inline bilge type pump to feed air down there and put the compressor in the pit.
Anyone any thoughts of have done something similar?
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Jul 15, 2020 14:57:51 GMT
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Not done it before, but only issue I could see is with petrol fumes sinking down in the pit which the compressor would then injest (mainly an issue if you're using it for breathing equipment). If you run an inlet pipe so it gets a clean air feed, or as you say pump air down to it I don't see a problem. So long as it's dry.
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LowStandards
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Jul 15, 2020 15:15:21 GMT
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I'd have thought an inlet pipe would be much better than a fan feeding it air
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slater
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compressor in a pitslater
@slater
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Jul 15, 2020 18:56:26 GMT
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Is the pit really that air tight it need anything?
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Jul 15, 2020 19:27:09 GMT
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I was thinking of the ducted air for cooling, hadn't really thought about the air intake, I don't use it for breathing but using a length of domestic waste pipe for the intake makes sense.
Just need to get rid of the landrover lump first.
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drseg
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Jul 16, 2020 21:07:42 GMT
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theres intake noise so some people fit a car type air filter and housing to quieten, makes a lot of difference
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