[Shop-talk] garage expansion project

[Karl Vacek]

First off, the space will need decent ventilation to keep the machines cool.

If the dust collector lets any dust escape, a little room and everything in 
it will get really dirty really fast.  That will inhibit the compressor's 
cooling and make it run hot.  The compressor's intale air cleaner will get 
plugged quickly too.  Also, running the machines in an enclosed space will 
make that space hot, and both will run hotter than they were designed to do.

If the dust collector's output could be ducted outside, that would probably 
eliminate the dirt issue.  If it's one of the large exposed bag types, maybe 
it can't directly be ducted out, but you could split the room into two 
separate "cells" to keep any dust away from the compressor.

Similarly the air compressor can breathe clean outside air if you duct the 
intake from the outside.  But of course you need to separate the ventilation 
intakes and exhausts to avoid recyclinig dirty and hot air, and also watch 
where the compressor intake comes from.

Karl


.

> Yes, that is what I meant - an area outside the garage like
> a mechanical shed.
>
> Is it likely an air compressor & dust collector should not
> be in the same space?
>
> Eric Russell
> Mebane, NC