<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Spencer<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I have been looking at something like this for my new shop</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">¾” line 100’ 175psi Maxline kit at Amazon - $199</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Maxline-M7500-Master-4-Inch-100-Feet/dp/B005FKYRTU/ref=sr_1_12?dchild=1&keywords=marine+air+kit+1/2&qid=1631739312&s=hi&sr=1-12" class="">https://www.amazon.com/Maxline-M7500-Master-4-Inch-100-Feet/dp/B005FKYRTU/ref=sr_1_12?dchild=1&keywords=marine+air+kit+1%2F2&qid=1631739312&s=hi&sr=1-12</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">½” line 100’ 150psi RapidAir kit at Amazon $85</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Rapidair-90500-Air-Compressor-Accessories-Master/dp/B0015A11U2/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=marine+air+kit+1/2&qid=1631739312&s=hi&sr=1-5" class="">https://www.amazon.com/Rapidair-90500-Air-Compressor-Accessories-Master/dp/B0015A11U2/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=marine+air+kit+1%2F2&qid=1631739312&s=hi&sr=1-5</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">or just search Amazon for </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">air line kit</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">there are loads of them.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Roger</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Sep 15, 2021, at 4:08 PM, Spencer Yost <<a href="mailto:spencer@rdfarms.com" class="">spencer@rdfarms.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">Hey Steve W.<br class=""><br class="">I finally got a few minutes at lunch today to check on Rapidair. I never knew they existed. This kinda looks like the way to go. That kit you installed has gone up a bit ($283) but still comparable or even cheaper than the alternatives. I might just go with Rapid air . Of course, I hate missing the opportunity to do things the long, hard, expensive way - my usual mode of operation - but I’ll get over it 😆 <br class=""><br class="">Spencer <br class=""><br class="">Sent from my iPhone<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On Sep 14, 2021, at 1:36 AM, Steve W. <<a href="mailto:swilliams268@frontier.com" class="">swilliams268@frontier.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class="">Spencer Yost wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">One of the reasons I have been thinking copper is because here in the humid south, water in air lines is a problem. You can not paint without a desiccant filter for example. Nothing worse than seeing water droplets coming out with your paint (been there done that). One benefit I thought copper would have would be to condense water quickly and earlier in the run; therefore water vapor would be less of an issue at the tool end(assuming I slant the lines to run back towards the compressor) and my tool-end water filters wouldn't fill up so fast.<br class="">Anyone with experience with copper find this to be true?<br class="">Also, copper is less than $1 per foot more expensive(3.46/ft vs 2.69/ft) so for a run that will be less than 100' worth of pipe so I decided to not sweat (excuse the pun) the cost factor between black pipe and copper and just go on the merits.<br class="">While continuing to look around at various options and along the way I saw 1-1/2" black pipe at Lowes with an oddly specific PSI rating: 231PSI I'm beginning to think Brice might be right and they are using steam rating....<br class="">Spencer<br class=""></blockquote><br class=""><br class="">When I ran the new lines for my shop I went with a rapidair kit. Think<br class="">it was about 200 bucks for 100 feet of 3/4" line, three drop blocks,<br class="">line clips, cutting tool and a couple t fittings. It's basically<br class="">aluminum reinforced PEX. The aluminum makes it stiffer and a bit stronger.<br class="">My only complaint was the color, I like blue but once installed it<br class="">looked out of place, so I went over the entire thing with semi-gloss<br class="">black. Now it hides better.<br class="">Stuff is EASY to work with, can be changed or added to in minutes and<br class="">requires no soldering or threading. The blocks have extra ports on them so if you wanted to run a line through the wall you can do it straight out the back of a block. That's how I feed the system in the shop, compressor is outside in an insulated shed with a small heater and a flex line goes up to the 3/4 pipe nipple I ran through the wall.<br class=""><br class="">I added a cooler loop to my compressor using an A/C condenser that is plumbed between it and the tank, the tank has an auto drain that also has a remote switch if I want to drain it longer than programmed.<br class=""><br class="">I also added a couple remote tanks at the other end of the shop, those help a bit when you first open up a high flow tool like an impact or sandblaster. I did cheat a bit though, the remote tanks are ex FD air bottles from an old cascade system, rated for 2200 psi so my puny 150 psi air system doesn't make them sweat..<br class=""><br class="">-- <br class="">Steve W.<br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">AT mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:AT@lists.antique-tractor.com" class="">AT@lists.antique-tractor.com</a><br class="">http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com<br class=""><br class=""></blockquote><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">AT mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:AT@lists.antique-tractor.com" class="">AT@lists.antique-tractor.com</a><br class="">http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com<br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>