Compressor- metal pipe- advice please
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Compressor- metal pipe- advice please
I want to run a compressed air line down to the end of my drive.
Is galv electric conduit up to the job?
Will conduit connectors be ok or do I need the proper iron fittings?
It'll go vertically up from the compressor 8ft. Span across to the house wall then along the house for 60ft. Then vertically down 8ft to an outlet.
Should I fit condensate drains, if so where? (It won't be used for spraying, just tools and tyre inflating)
Is galv electric conduit up to the job?
Will conduit connectors be ok or do I need the proper iron fittings?
It'll go vertically up from the compressor 8ft. Span across to the house wall then along the house for 60ft. Then vertically down 8ft to an outlet.
Should I fit condensate drains, if so where? (It won't be used for spraying, just tools and tyre inflating)
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Electrical conduit won't cut it Pauly, you'll need to use 1/2" galv barrel, malleable or cast joints, sealed with PTFE paste or tape.
No real need for a drain either, just use a tee with a lever ballvalve below it to empty the line.
I'd happily cut & thread the lines for you but its just getting it there
No real need for a drain either, just use a tee with a lever ballvalve below it to empty the line.
I'd happily cut & thread the lines for you but its just getting it there
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paul,, nice idea but, surely its easier to just buy a long rubber airline or severall thats what i do from the back work shop up to the front of my house takes 2 mins if that and i can blow tires up etc,,
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Yeah that's what I've been doing Dunc, I just fancied a fixed line to make life easier! I 'found' about 80ft of metal elec conduit in an abandoned room in work so it would have been very cheap!
I'll probably run a black rubber line instead, maybe electric and water while I'm at it
I'll probably run a black rubber line instead, maybe electric and water while I'm at it
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We have one of those rubber retractable airlines in the yard at work, it's out in the elements. It only lasts a matter of months before it's going hard and splitting, it will be leaking within a year. Keeping an eye on eBay for some used high pressure pipe might be your best bet?
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Not if you only wind it out as you use it, your not starting a tyre place in youf front drave are you paul......Blue wrote:We have one of those rubber retractable airlines in the yard at work, it's out in the elements. It only lasts a matter of months before it's going hard and splitting, it will be leaking within a year. Keeping an eye on eBay for some used high pressure pipe might be your best bet?
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THE PASS IS THE JUICE,
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Galv steel is the best job but if your not wanting to cut and thread John Guest make push fit plastic pipe and fittings especially for air, it's blue, used it on a few jobs seems pretty good and very easy to do, the pipes pretty rigid not like hep2o
Just found a link http://www.johnguest.com/our-products/a ... neumatics/
Just found a link http://www.johnguest.com/our-products/a ... neumatics/
Temping... Nah, the Truk tyres have always lost pressure. I put off topping them up cos I can't be bothered dragging the airline out, next thing you know I have to go out in the pi55ing rain 11 o'clock at night and there's 10psi in a front tyreCannonball wrote:Not if you only wind it out as you use it, your not starting a tyre place in youf front drave are you paul......Blue wrote:We have one of those rubber retractable airlines in the yard at work, it's out in the elements. It only lasts a matter of months before it's going hard and splitting, it will be leaking within a year. Keeping an eye on eBay for some used high pressure pipe might be your best bet?
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I bought all the bits today, got a 10mm bore pipe and hi-flow fittings. I'm running a line upstairs too (garage not house!). I'll use the ball valve as a condensate drain at the end.
Fingers crossed for a dry day tomorrow to run it across the house wall...
Fingers crossed for a dry day tomorrow to run it across the house wall...
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80ft your gunna lose some pressure at the buisness end
Have you not considered getging a portable size on wheels petrol driven saves laying out Cable...just a thought
Have you not considered getging a portable size on wheels petrol driven saves laying out Cable...just a thought
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