I'll also add a third vote for copper. My leaks are in the plumbing on the
tank itself ... the auto drain or ??? ... which I have not been able to
track down. But the rest of the system is tight right up to the quick
disconnects.
Arvid
-----Original Message-----
From: Tim
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 12:57 PM
To: shop-talk at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] the air saga continues
I also went with copper (although my system is a much smaller scale than
other folks have). My only leak is a crappy air drier that sometimes
vents on its own.
Tim
On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Mike Rambour wrote:
> Best way to say it is that my air system is a bunch of leaks connected
> together by some pipes.
>
> This talk sure makes me happy I went with copper as the only leaks I have
> are at the quick disconnect fittings themselves. I also have a auto-drain
> on my compressor set to release 1 minute every hour to get rid of water in
> the tank, it will drain the tank in a about a week anyway if I don't use
> the compressor, so leaks in the line are not a big deal.
>
> There has to be some thing available at the plumbing supply stores that
> is fairly thick and that you put on the threads when you assemble the
> pipes, you can't be the first person to run into this. I think the vacuum
> with epoxy is just too far fetched and too much work.
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