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After starting another of the seemingly endless threads on compressor piping (The Price of Copper) and getting lots of good advice from forum members, I decided to go with one inch copper. I started the project today with some trepidation as I’ve never soldered much in my life and most of that...

Just when I had the money and the time to put in my compressor lines and had decided to use black pipe due to cost and my novice standing soldering copper pipe, I went into the big orange box and found out 1 inch copper pipe in now 18 bucks and change for a ten foot length vs. 24 bucks and...

In my garage, I'm running a 6/2 wire for a 220 line from the 100 amp breaker box to my 7.5hp (peak - it's really a 5hp 23 amp motor) compressor. I have a 60 amp breaker on the line. I want to put a shut off switch in the line for safety. I bought one of the gray metal box on/off units rated...