[AT] Pressure drop?

David Rotigel rotigel at alltel.net
Tue Jan 29 19:23:05 PST 2008


The pressure will be the same at both ends of the run.
	Dave


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David Rotigel
rotigel at alltel.net



On Jan 29, 2008, at 9:49 PM, Francis Robinson wrote:

> 	OK, who knows compressed air pressure drop off of the top of your  
> head?
> :-)
> 	I am going to run a compressed air line from one shop to the  
> other. It
> will run inside of an underground conduit in 1/2" PEX tubing. It will
> basically have one fitting (full 1/2") at each end of the run. The  
> run will
> be 250' long with no fittings at all in the line itself. If I have  
> 125 PSI
> at one end what kind of drop can I expect at the other end? What  
> would it
> be at 800'?
> 	BTW, PEX is rated and recommended for compressed air. I was  
> reading the
> print on the pipe today and for water what I have on hand at the  
> moment is
> rated at 100 PSI at 180 degrees F. It will not get hard and brittle  
> and it
> will not shatter on impact. It is cross linked polyethylene and is not
> affected by oil.
> 	I am really in love with this stuff for water plumbing.
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> "farmer"
>
>
> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana, USA
> Robinson at svs.net
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