Air lines

[kbkna]

Can the "gator/sharkbite" fittings be used on air lines? Looked on a tag but found no performance specs.

 

[fflintstone]

Rather than PVC do as someone suggested in another thread, use plastic air line used in heavy trucks. It's dirt cheap, easy to work with and is made for the job.

Truck brake line is only rated to 150 PSI.

 

[LT4]

No one has ever mentioned using hose. You can purchase airline hose in bulk, cut to fit and install couplings or quick disconnects with hose clamps. This is fairly cheap and easy.

 

[Torque1st]

LT4

Hose has been mentioned many times on GJ. It is cheap and relatively safe, -but it does not cool the air and conduct the condensate to traps properly. The hose usually used is small diameter which causes unnecessary pressure drops in the system much like many of the other rapid air kits etc. Larger hose gets expensive and it still does not handle condensate properly.

 

[Industrial Concepts]

Here are a few photos of some air lines & a Quincy air compressor that we installed for a import repair shop.

 

[MScott]

Can the "gator/sharkbite" fittings be used on air lines? Looked on a tag but found no performance specs.

I have wondered about these too. I know how great they are for plumbing repairs although they are somewhat pricey.

 

[Torque1st]

Here are a few photos of some air lines & a Quincy air compressor that we installed for a import repair shop.

That looks like the stuff that exploded in a picture someone else posted earlier. It knocked a hole through the side of a metal building just like that.

 

[Industrial Concepts]

That looks like the stuff that exploded in a picture someone else posted earlier. It knocked a hole through the side of a metal building just like that.

I would like to see those photos.

 

[Torque1st]

Look around, it was a thread within the last month or two if I remember right.

 

[Torque1st]

I'll be running black pipe or ridgid conduit. The PVC arguments have merit but after reading several discussions on potential "de-galvanizing" I also have semi-dismissed these "Don't use this product" warnings. Don't get me wrong ,I like a good value (pvc cost)and consider myself cheap on select things, but in the end , it's your shop. Install what you feel comfortable with.

What does "de-galvanizing" have to do with PVC pipe?