[Shop-talk] Shop air line pressure

[old dirtbeard]

I used to run my airlines all at 125 psi as it provided snappy performance,
but I had hose reel fittings (the rotating style) start to leak. Once I
replaced most of them, I used  a pretty good 1/2" regulator to set the
lines to 75 psi and have not had any problems.

I think that most all air tools call for a 90 psi max running pressure
(e.g., Aircat, IR, etc.).

75 psi works fine for most things, and if I need to boost it for a
sandblaster or or something, I do it on the exception basis.

best,

doug

On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 12:18 PM Ronnie Day <ronnie.day at gmail.com> wrote:

> AFAIK, all tools have a recommended range they're designed to work at.
> I've always had a regulator at each connection. These days many tools have
> them built-in.
>
> On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 2:08 PM <eric at megageek.com> wrote:
>
>> Quick question,
>>
>> I think that my cheapie HF tools are failing because my air lne presure
>> is too high (about 135 psi for the whole shop.)
>>
>> Do you guys keep all the lines at 90 psi, or something else?  I have a
>> monster compressor and I keep one line at 90spi (when I use my nailers) but
>> I never had a problem before with the other tools failing.
>>
>> What do you guys run your air hammers/die grinders/impact guns/etc at?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
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