In my opinion if the manufacturers DO NOT recommend PVC for high
pressure air lines, then there must be a very good reason. They are in
the business to sell pipe. And if air lines were a Good applications
for this product, they would be the first ones to push it.
Just because you or your buddies have not had a problem yet, does not
mean that there is not a problem. And to my knowledge, I have never had
a 22 fired inside my shop, or in any of the plants I worked in. But
then again we used either cast iron, or special Cu line for air lines.
Just my 2 cents.
Bob
rbrooks@micrelinc.com
Mark Miller wrote:
>
> It has been said:
> As to the test, it would not be hard to rig up a spring loaded hammer. Use
> a hammer blow one time than have a nail another. I was thinking of
> mounting the pipe and .22 in a small ditch then fire the .22 with a string.
> Simple shade tree engineering often works better than the best multiple
> degrees, "lets do a formal test" type.
>
> Something missing from all of this 'lets test it' discussion is what the
> test will really tell you. I have dropped a wine glass on my kitchen
> counter and it didn't break. Does that mean the glass is unbreakable?
> Will the next one break if I repeat the test?
> Why think about it at all? PVC is a dime a foot, iron is 50 cents.
> Fittings are a quarter vs. a dollar. So what. We are talking about
> saving $50-100 on piping here.
>
> Mark Miller
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