[SEL] OT-OT- air lines in shop?

[Mark Shulaw]

We recommend air seps at point of use. Set it up with quick conns for 
ease of mobility from station to station so you don't have to have a 
sep for each station. The further you get the sep from the comp the 
better they work as the air is cooler before it passes through it.     Mark


At 11:41 PM 10/29/2010, you wrote:
>Bill out here in Ca. we use PVC in all the body shops. Put drains every
>where and maybe add a drier by the tank. It all depends on how anal you are
>about moister. If you are going to be painting than the air has to be more
>pure. Cya, Jimmy
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com
>[mailto:sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com] On Behalf Of Bill Dickerson
>Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 8:24 PM
>To: 'The SEL email discussion list'
>Subject: [SEL] OT-OT- air lines in shop?
>
>I've got to get a better way to get air to my work benches and other areas
>instead of a single hose dragged all over the place from the compressor in
>the corner.
>A friend said he used copper pipe (not tube, but pipe)
>He ran 3/4 for the "mains" and branched off to each connection with 1/2.
>He also ran a vertical run of several feet up the wall from the compressor,
>with a drain valve at the bottom. He said when the air left the tank into
>that cool copper run that was several feet tall, the water condensed out and
>ran to the bottom where he could drain it. He also ran the pipe a couple
>inches or so below each T where the connection for the hose was - same idea,
>the water would run down past the hose connection, and he could drain it
>out.
>I looked into doing this, but with a 30x36 shop with 14' ceilings, I'd be
>spending a small fortune on copper pipe!
>I also found that Menards sells two "grades" of the pipe - one thinner wall
>and cheaper than the other.
>
>OK, finally the question - what are others doing?
>Is the copper pipe with solder/sweat connections ok?
>What about the M compared to L grades of pipe?
>
>I've got a lot of area to cover -
>
>http://theamcpages.com/images/garage/shop-009.jpg
>http://theamcpages.com/images/garage/shop-005.jpg
>http://theamcpages.com/images/garage/shop-008.jpg
>
>
>Bill
>Runnells
>
>
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Mark Shulaw
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