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From: Gary Hall <garyhall@ix.netcom.com>
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Something to think about. *All* air compressors are kinda noisy
to annoyingly noisy. I have considered getting a large (I mean
large) air receiver and put a 110v air compressor on it. What
would happen is that the compressor would only run perhaps for
a long time in the bigining of the day. Hopefully, operation 
would not be repated very many times during the day.

Now a 220v double stage machine will fill up that air tank fast
but with a lot of noise and it would recycle more times than the
smaller one. The smaller one would tend to run for longer periods
of time, but should be much more quieter. Flip of the coin I 
guess.

If you are *not* going to use this for air tools or sand blasting
the 110v might be an option as it would run only to fill the tank.
Obviously this initial run could be a long one but set up a timer
to start it early in the day and it would have filled the tank
by the time you start working.

I am guessing that the 110v one will be the quietest one on the 
market. Some shops have relocated their "big" machines "outside" 
the shop and covered accordingly for the elements. I know one guy 
that used a SCUBA tank. Not very much air, but it was sorta 
portable. <G>

On fixing the dead one, unless you fix it yourself, it will be much
cheaper to buy a new one. Been there, done that.... We used a 5 HP
gas model with wheels at the hanger. I also got a very long hose 
and put the machine as far away as possible, sorta worked but it was
a continuous operation. That doesn't sound like a good option for you.

Gary Hall Long Eze, FXE
http://www.uslan.com/hinge-kit.html



From: "tom" <toms1@chartermi.net>
To: "lancair mail list" <lancair.list@olsusa.com>
Subject: Air Compressors

<snip> I would like to know if anyone has found a "quiet" air 
compressor in the 5-10 hp range.  It seems that some of the old 
"slow belt driven" type compressors were fairly quiet.  I need 
to replace this one in my workshop right away.

Tom Sullivan
KIMT

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