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| May 10, 2013 at 20:39 | comment | added | Doresoom | Yes, you want to damp the vibrations with an isolator such as rubber feet. Otherwise, you're still putting a large vibratory force on the mounting points, which will wear them out over time. For a dramatic example of an underdamped system, here's a Chinook destroying itself via ground resonance. Now with a compressor you're not going to get vibratory loads of nearly that magnitude, but you'll still place unnecessary wear on your compressor. | |
| May 10, 2013 at 14:09 | comment | added | Jason | To me, this sounds similar to the concept of a car's motor mounts. Would you agree your statement is to dampen and not forcibly stop the vibrations? | |
| May 10, 2013 at 13:20 | history | answered | mikes | CC BY-SA 3.0 |