temperature switch for electric fan in air compressor cabinet

[dnsfailure]

same thing yesterday, filled about half way up, and still very little water in my water trap at the hose reel.

I'm going to run a muffler on the intake. made an adapter for the intake yesterday, I'll run a 1.25" ID hose down to the bottom of the cabinet next to the air inlet vent, and put the muffler/filter on there. Should make it quieter, and get cooler air into the compressor, for whatever that's worth.

I did this on my previous setup before I moved, and it noticeably reduced the compressor noise.

 

[Firstram]

A rubber hose on the intake makes a huge difference, nice set up!

 

[dnsfailure]

got the hose and muffler in place, standing 6 feet away the decibel level dropped from 76.3 to 71.2

Not as big of a drop as with my previous setup, but I'll take it.

 

[Firstram]

Don't stand so close

 

[dnsfailure]

I've got the cabinet on the back side of my shed, I hardly even hear it kick on

 

[dnsfailure]

made a horrible looking shroud for the fan, out of some aluminum flashing folded over a few times. will see if that makes any difference in the air flow next time I'm using the air alot (I'll be out this weekend, so probably next weekend). If I feel it's not pushing enough through, I'll probably open up a hole in the cabinet to let air flow through.

Not really sure all of this is necessary, I really won't know until next summer when it's hot as shit out again (the cabinet is outside). And I'm probably stalling on my 33 Chevy project.... I should get back to that and stop dicking around with the air compressor.