[Spridgets] Plumbing a shop for air

[derf]

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Heard <heard at datatrontech.net> wrote:
>  OK, but it would have been nice if they said why.  I understand the fire
> issues, etc.  But how is it unsafe to run about 100psi give or take through
> pipe that is rated at 400psi or more?
>
> Heard
>


It is called: covering their butts.

You can run good, properly rated PVC, installed properly for decades
with compressed air.   Most of the problems are from people using
lower rated stuff and running too much pressure through it.


I've seen PVC rupture under air pressure and I don't recall any "shrapnel".