Distance of air compressor to workshop?

I wouldnt let worries about condensation etc stop you. It'll blow through, and you can always put a water trap at the workshop end if you want peace of mind. If noise is a factor, you don't have much other choice really. A lot can be done by putting some kind of silencer box on the air intake of the compressor. Kind of like a muffler in reverse. Anything with a bit of volume and baffles etc in it will help. But you still get some noise.

Be careful and use a compressed air specified pipe. Clough42 had an incident on a recent video where a plastic fitting went bang. Wether pro or hobby use incorrect fitting has the same end result.

Hi I don't know what compressor you have but I have installed a few systems whilst at work. One thing you should think off is if the pipe is buried can it get damaged by gardening etc. If you use a larger diamiter pipe it becomes part of the storage volume and may smooth out running on and off compressor time. You will have to take into account condensation water preferably both at the compressor and at the delivery point in the workshop. You can fit a relay to the start of the compressor but when you stop the compressor you may have to fit an auto drain valve to empty condensate from pipe and another drain the tank condensate. Make sure you have some sort of pressure gauge in the workshop to monitor what is happening and you will have to have a water trap with drain or auto drain into input to the workshop. I have fitted both iron pipe and plastic systems but prefer iron threaded pipe best and the galvanizing lasts a long time evenwhen buried.

David

Local agri engineering has a compressor in a small shed some 20 to 30 metres from the workshop, No idea what piping comes from there but within the workshops it's 15mm copper at least another 20m with takeoff points.

Duplicate

Edited By pgk pgk on 09/07/2022 09:28:03

John Doe 2

I used to work at home as a modelmaker and used air staple guns all day long so also did not want to annoy the neighbours.

I had a smallish compressor on wheels and I fitted out a wooden box in the corner of my workshop and lined it with thick loft insulation. The on/ off button was on the top so I fitted a short piece of wooden rod through the top of the box so I could switch it on & off each day. It worked perfectly.

With the front cover screwed on it was almost silent, just a faint rumbling noise when it topped up.

I used that for 22 years, occasionally opening up the box and draining the water out from under the tank and still to this day it will work if I need it.