Air compressor vent

General
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I would like to look into modifying the air compressor vent so it doesn’t scare the crap out of people working in the metal room.

I was helping Mike with some lathe work and I got to watch him jump about 3 inches in the air when the timed vent went off. There really is no reason, other than to watch someone flinch, for it to be so loud.

In fact, I think we could run a line to the outside so the noise and water go out on Spring Grove.

I’m going out of town this weekend so I’ll see about working on it next weekend.

2

I can help out on Saturday morning of that weekend (I think, though I’ll double check). I jumped several more times yesterday and today.

Mike

3

If you’re in the metal room using the lathe you can unplug that relay so the tank doesn’t vent on you. Just remember to plug it back in.

Braf

4

I’ve got a small hammer drill but could probably borrow ours from work to punch the hole through the wall to outside if we need a fairly large hole. If that doesn’t work then maybe a container with a fastened lid and sight glass and 1/2" npt pipe fitting on top to screw in an air muffler. Haven’t looked at the plumbing to see how it’s setup so no idea of current configuration.

http://store.kvalinc.com/air-muffler-12-npt-high-flow-exhaust-4440k124-p9130.aspx

5

We have a hammer drill at the Hive but I don’t think the walls are that tough.

Right now it just vents toward the floor at full tank pressure (150 psi) for a second or two every 45 minutes or so. Very relaxing. :flushed:

I was thinking of just putting a muffler on the end but then I thought if getting it out of the metal room all together. Wouldn’t be hard to run a line along the wall and then through the wall to the outside. We could probably even run flexible tubing as long as we attach it to the floor/wall. Then just have a muffler at the end outside. It would have water in it, so might be good to not use metal pipe.

Brad