water in air lines ?

[unsinkable]

hey all, I'm about finished installing my rapidair line system.
I'm putting an outlet on 3 walls in main floor and one upstairs.

I ran the tubing along the sill on top of the footing walls, I'll box it out later effectively creating a "chase" for future wires, etc.
My question is, by keeping the tubing level do you think I'll have an issue with excessive moisture in lines ? The only vertical section is the piece going to second floor. Compressor will be under stairwell.

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[akdiesel]

From the pics you show it appears you have some traps already in your line (low pockets). And as good as these types of lines are they will eventurally sag and or make an existing sag wors simply because the weight of the line is more than the some what rigid disign of the product can support.
To answer your question: Yes you will have standing moisture in the low areas.
With that being said if you have moisture in your lines then you will have moisture to your tools. This is what you want to avoid. Especially painting or sand blasting. If you have excess moisture put dabs of oil in you tools periodically.
So you need to stop the moisture from getting to your tank and or distribution lines. Desicants, coalescent filters, and knock out drums help with this.

 

[930dreamer]

Some say angle the line back towards the tank, I have mine dropping towards the filters.

 

[larry_g]

If you continue with this design add in a couple of ball valves that will allow you to open up the system fully to blow it out. This means the ball valve should be as big as the line or bigger. You want to get max volume air moving to carry the water out.

lg
no neat sig line

 

[Cyberbear]

Being in new England I imagine there is a lot of humidity throughout the year you'll need to deal with.You will need to pitch your air lines to drain naturally rather than rely only on air pressure and flow to clear out the moisture, with adequate drains as needed.
You may want to filter the air going in as well as out of the compressor tank. The hot air from the a/c pump head will heat up the moisture that is in the ambient air and then it will condense as it gets cooler in your air lines. You may want to invest in some auto drains for your system if you plan to use it much.

 

[PhantomEB]

Traps and ball valve drains in each corner as well before it hits the main filter and dryer right out of the compressor. Also gonna have one right where it goes vertical to my ceiling drop down. Usually drain everything twice a year.