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Re: [Shop-talk] quiet compressor

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Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] quiet compressor
From: eric@megageek.com
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:17:12 -0400
Mark,

How much air is "not much?"  There are little compressors that run air 
brush guns that are quieter than a fan.  Also, fish tanks have compressors 
that are very quiet.

If you need enough air for tool use, there are units out there that are 
quiet, but you may have to actually hear them run before you can decide if 
they are too loud.

Note, putting a compressor in a crate with lots of foam is a bad idea. 
They need air supply for cooling and air to compress.  But, you can most 
likely locate the compressor someplace else and plumb the air to where you 
need it.  That way if it is noisy, its in a server room or an access shaft 
that it doesn't bother anyone.

Of course, oil compressors are quieter than oil-less compressors, but the 
smaller ones tend to be oil-less.

Moose
"Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational 
being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory." Ralph 
Waldo Emerson 





Hi.  I need a compressor for work that will be used in an office/lab type
environment.  Quiet is what I'm looking for, not a lot of air.  I was
thinking of getting a small pancake type and sticking it in a crate with a
bunch of sound insulating material, but would rather find an inherently
quiet unit.

Thanks in advance, o' list of near infinite knowledge!!

Mark Miller
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