trevmust

I wonder if putting a car muffler on the exhaust side of a compressor enclosure would actually do anything

trevmust

but on a serious note, Im building a small room/box/enclosure with spray foam insulation

Jimbo1367

It should help. I used to work for a industrial contractor and my boss designed a sound suppressor(muffler) for the ventilation system for paint booth. It looked like a huge muffler. I was amazed how much of a difference it made.

Since noise is a problem, is this a older oil compressor or a junk oilless comp?

trevmust

don't have a compressor yet, I want suggestions.

Slow Nova

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The noise that the compressors make are typically from the inlet side. They make inlet mufflers.

trevmust

really? what about the compressing part of the compressor? How many gallons would work for all shop tools, with minimal noise

jimmyblue

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Consider that the motor needs cooling airflow (so does
the lung) which will limit just how much surround-muffling
you can do. You might need a fan and duct, or something.
Or a remote location and fat air plumbing is an option.

trevmust

I was gunna run inlet and outlet out the garage windows

RogueFab

Most people just build a "doghouse" and put the compressor outside their shop. Is that not an option? Need your sideyard?

50-60 gal and 10+ CFM @90 PSI is a good place to start. Depends how patient you are. We have 60 and 12cfm, enough for us.

trevmust

well the house im looking into is a quiet neighbourhood, I wouldnt want to **** anyone off lol

garygnu

if you have a big enough garage ,build a closet in the corner with a small door with a vent .that is if you buy a stand up compressor. use a furnace filter to keep dust out of the compressor . if you buy a smaller compressor ,build a dog house under a work bench .

Quick Ranger

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I ran tubes on my inlets up into the attic above for my compressor. It helped alot with noise.

Blown06

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Is this an attached garage? I wonder if doing this in a garage attached to the house, if the noise in the attic would resonate or whatever into the house?

Quick Ranger

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No, it isn't attached. I wouldn't think it would resonate in the house. My compressor intake filters have nipples sticking off them where they suck the air in, i just hooked heater hose to them and ran them up. It really made a huge difference. I also have it mounted on 1" rubber/cork vibration pads. Pulling air from the attic also has another benefit, fresh air. Doesn't pull anything from garage, paint, fumes, grinding dust, etc.

Don't get me wrong, it isn't silent, but noise is drastically reduced.

Twinstang

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I'm putting mine in the shed this year and just running air lines into the garage I'm tired of listing to it run