Wits end QPM and ARB twin/similar compressors (2 Viewers)

[Girl und Panzer]

Hi Y'all,
I'm planning out my air system rework and curious how/if anyone who put their air compressor on a QPM dealt with cooling. I found a few older threads but nothing that quite got to what I'm looking for. So, if you happen to be in that category, did you:
Put the interior panel back on over the QPM?
Leave it off?
Add any kind of active cooling (I did see one 12v computer fan setup) to the compressor beyond its included setup? or add a vent fan to the interior panel if you kept it?

Also, how's the compressor held up/how's the noise, especially if you kept the interior panel on?

Thanks!

 

[NLXTACY]

It will never ever ever ever get as hot as it does mounting it under the hood.

 

[Feistl]

For the sake of a couple of bucks a 12v computer fan is ideal for a bit of active cooling. Like anything, the cooler you can keep it the longer it will last.

computer fans are ideal as they are cheap, small, easy to mount and will happily run on 14.4v

 

[Girl und Panzer]

It will never ever ever ever get as hot as it does mounting it under the hood.

I kinda figured - I'm just paranoid because the old one was mounted under my ARB and I burned up something in it twice

For the sake of a couple of bucks a 12v computer fan is ideal for a bit of active cooling. Like anything, the cooler you can keep it the longer it will last.

computer fans are ideal as they are cheap, small, easy to mount and will happily run on 14.4v

I'm leaning toward this for that reason

 

[NLXTACY]

Using the speaker grate. Wired to turn on when the compressor is on.

 

[Girl und Panzer]

Using the speaker grate. Wired to turn on when the compressor is on.

Brilliant!