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

Bill Dickerson bill at antique-engines.com
Sun Oct 31 16:04:53 PDT 2010


Water is a HUGE issue here. Last summer it was so bad I had to run a
dehumidifier in my shop - the vinyl in the cars was getting moldy. The door
panels and seats I had in the shop have spots all over them. The floor
actually had water droplets so bad it was slick.
But with 13" of rain in 2 days, I guess......
Anyway, yes, with Iowa summers, humidity is a huge issue with air. I can run
my compressor only for a short time, and can get several t-spoons of water
out the bottom drain.
I need to think of that light system, my shop is a couple hundred feet from
the house...

Bill

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com] On Behalf Of Reg Ingold
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 11:21 PM
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Subject: Re: [SEL] OT-OT- air lines in shop?

I piped my shed with Gal pipe. 3/8 and 1/2 inch. We are drier here so water 
is not so much of a problem. Usual drain system and drain points below 
outlets.
I also have a pressure guage and a warning light for when on. Saves me 
getting out of bed to turn the bloody thing off! (Her indoors,"Ya left it on

again!")
Reg & Marg Ingold
Newcastle NSW Australia
randmingold at hotkey.net.au
http://www.oldengine.org/members/randmingold
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Dickerson" <bill at antique-engines.com>
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Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2010 2:24 PM
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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