[AT] Pressure drop?

[Steve W.]

  Starting with 125PSI @ 10CFM through 800 feet of 1/2" your going to 
lose about 9 PSI.


-- 
Steve W.
Firefighter,EMT,Fire Police
VanHornesville Vol. Fire Dept

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.
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> "farmer"
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> 
> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana, USA
> Robinson at svs.net
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