stay away from copper and air pressure. It can split on you if the pressure
gets high enough for any length of time.
----- Original Message -----
From: Dale Leavens
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2009 8:18 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Help with air fittings
I had thought of black pipe or even sweating up some schedule L copper but
the nice thing about hose (and I was contemplating 3/8) is that like PEX, the
hose is flexible and often on sale pretty cheap. It is also a lot less volume
to pressurize. Thanks too for the tip on ball valves. I didn't know about
ratings although it makes perfect sense.
Mind you, assembling a pipe network would be interesting.
----- Original Message -----
From: Ron Yearns
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2009 7:37 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Help with air fittings
Dale,
If you are looking for long term use I would suggest you go with the half
inch black pipe. Unless you are using three eighth hose it could
becomerestrictive for some uses. The black pipe you would easy to come by pipe
fittings and just have to reduce down to quarter inch for the quick disconnect
fittings. The female ends are usually screwed to the pipe and the male end is
on the movable hose. The female being biggger is less apt to be damaged and
less pointed for us blind folk to bang into. You would probably run this up
along the basement ceiling so don't forget drip legs at the bottom of each
verticle drop. I have these drip legs terminating with a valve for easy water
removal, but a cap screwed over the end of a pipe nipple serves well also.
Haven't drained mine in two years, but it doesn't get a lot of use. . For
valving look for ball valves that are rated correctly. Usually stamped like o a
g or g a o. I don't remember the order, but meaning it is rated for oil, air,
and gas. I think you find the pipe is competative with the bunch of hoses
needed. Hope this helps some
Ron
----- Original Message -----
From: Dale Leavens
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2009 6:07 PM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Help with air fittings
I am looking or some help and information on air fittings probably from some
of you who hang around mechanics shops.
I am wanting to set up a bit of a network with a couple of points outside,
the driveway and the back yard for example and a couple of points at opposite
ends of my basement. There happens to be a sale at
boss tools but I am unfamiliar with some of the terminology.
There are a couple of 1 to 3 manifolds, one describes an M-style couplings.
What are m-style couplings?
I believe I would really prefer some sort of device which would permit me to
select which part of the network to charge with maybe a ball valve, if these
have such they don't describe them as such. Just that it seems unnecessary to
charge yards and yards of hose when I only need one.
Are you aware of such a device or must I fabricate some sort of panel?
There will probably be more questions in due course.
Thanks.
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