Here we go again: PVC PIPE FOR AIR SUPPLY LINES

Nov 23, 2011 47 Replies

I have a 3/4" electric impact, that works very well. Took off forklift wheel nuts very quickly.

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You have obviously never priced hardware cloth, Blow. Also, I've seen pieces of broken/exploded PVC as small as 1/16".

It'll be quicker, easier, and -cheaper- to go with PEX for interior use. (It doesn't like a lot of sunlight.) Just Do It!

AlsoRuns are: black pipe, 1/2" air hose, and the blue stuff they sell for plumbing garage compressors. It's similar to PEX but pricier.

-- Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling. -- Margaret Lee Runbeck

and 3 times as heavy as a good air operated one.

YES, but it does not need a compressor.

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If you use polyethelyne pipe, it not fail in a brittle manner. It may eventually burst, but all it will dammage is your composure. It will not scatter shrapnel around.

Did you add in the weight of the coal fired generator, or the nuke??

I don't carry the compresser around - just string out the hose.

Much of the gray is DB-120; it's far weaker than even Sch 40.

Lots of service trucks have either self contained or engine mounted compressors to allow use of air tools "in the field"

And CO2 tanks are a lot less bulky, and a lot lighter, than a generator (or compressor) for "limited" field use.

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