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

[Peter Lowe]

I have run black poly airlines all through my three shops with push fit 
fittings. This stuff is used all through industry here.
At the sugar mill where I used to work there would be hundreds of kilometres 
of the stuff.
Cheap and quick, all you need is a stanley knife and some saddles and 
screws.
Comes in all diameters.
Peter, Oz



> 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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