[Shop-talk] Shop air line pressure

David Scheidt dmscheidt at gmail.com
Sun May 31 17:23:12 MDT 2020



> On May 31, 2020, at 14:07, 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. 

The generally preferred practice is to have lines at storage pressure, with a regulator at each take off. Provides a small amount of storage, and higher flow rate at the outlets.   Also better for acomidating tools with different demands.   
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