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RE: more garage notes

To: "cak" <cak@dimebank.com>, "shop-talk" <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: more garage notes
From: "Fletcher Blades" <fblades@fanshawe.newzealand.attgis.com>
Date: Thu Jan 11 09:13 NZD 1996


> Has a bunch of notes about building a garage. The first item is rather
> controversial: whether or not to use PVC for air plumbing. Some folks say
> it's fine, some say that it's not designed for the high pressure
> differentials when the compressor comes on and off, that it gets weakened
> and breaks at the bottom.

Where I work, (an electronics repair 'shop) we have a 200 foot PVC airline 
running at about 90-95 psi. There were some teething problems (three years 
ago) caused by bad glue joints.  There has certainly been no question of 
failure of either the pipes or the fittings since.

Fletch

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