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21. [Shop-talk] Compressed Air Lines, RapidAir (score: 1): Author: hillman at planet-torque.com (David Hillman); Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 16:41:59 -0400 (EDT); There are two different products from the same company being confused there, I think. RapidAir Products makes RapidAir tubing, which is 1/2" OD nylon and rated for 150psi at the temperatures above. T; /html/shop-talk/2011-08/msg00141.html (9,740 bytes)
22. [Shop-talk] Compressed Air Lines, RapidAir (score: 1): Author: jmitch at snet.net (John Mitchell); Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:39:49 -0400; If you plan on doing any car painting with the air system, I would recommend copper for it's ability to pull the heat and moisture out of the air. I don't know if this hose is dramatically different; /html/shop-talk/2011-08/msg00143.html (11,800 bytes)
23. Re: [Shop-talk] Compressed Air Lines, RapidAir (score: 1): Author: David Hillman <hillman@planet-torque.com>; Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:01:50 -0400 (EDT); Do not ever buy this product. Do not allow anyone you know ( or, at least, like ) to buy it. Do not believe anything on that website, except the price ( and the 'master kit' only has about half what; /html/shop-talk/2011-10/msg00013.html (9,748 bytes)
24. Re: [Shop-talk] Compressed Air Lines, RapidAir (score: 1): Author: Scott Hall <scott.hall.personal@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 07:02:43 -0400; Tell us what happened, David! Sounds bad. _______________________________________________ Shop-talk@autox.team.net Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html Suggested annual donation $12.96 Archive: ht; /html/shop-talk/2011-10/msg00014.html (9,451 bytes)
25. Re: [Shop-talk] Compressed Air Lines, RapidAir (score: 1): Author: Bob Rochlin <r_rochlin@hotmail.com>; Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:11:55 +0000; I'm jumping in here late, but i've been using Home Depot PVC for my air lines for about 10 years with no issues. The PVC has a bursting rating or 600PSi (I run it at about 100 PSI), is easy to work w; /html/shop-talk/2011-10/msg00015.html (11,623 bytes)
26. Re: [Shop-talk] Compressed Air Lines, RapidAir (score: 1): Author: David Hillman <hillman@planet-torque.com>; Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:36:40 -0400 (EDT); The short story is, you can install Rapid Air on, or in, your walls... but there's no way to make it look decent if left exposed, and I would never trust it inside walls. If you don't care about how; /html/shop-talk/2011-10/msg00016.html (11,957 bytes)
27. Re: [Shop-talk] Compressed Air Lines, RapidAir (score: 1): Author: David Hillman <hillman@planet-torque.com>; Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:55:31 -0400 (EDT); Bob, Fyi, that's generally a bad idea, and neither OSHA nor most building codes allow PVC for compressed air. The PVC manufacturers even insist that you don't use it for that purpose. Here's a length; /html/shop-talk/2011-10/msg00017.html (10,515 bytes)
28. Re: [Shop-talk] Compressed Air Lines, RapidAir (score: 1): Author: Wayne <wmc_st@xxiii.com>; Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:37:34 -0400; And of course everyone is gonna jump in with "do not use PVC, it can explode and shatter". But you know what -- I've seen it used in multiple industrial air systems, including a local NASCAR shop (An; /html/shop-talk/2011-10/msg00018.html (10,479 bytes)
29. Re: [Shop-talk] Compressed Air Lines, RapidAir (score: 1): Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:30:18 -0500; lines (I no Exposed PVC is totally unsuitable for the transmission of compressed air. It will eventually shatter. If you're lucky, no one gets hurt. If you're not, you or someone else gets killed. --; /html/shop-talk/2011-10/msg00019.html (10,471 bytes)
30. Re: [Shop-talk] Compressed Air Lines, RapidAir (score: 1): Author: Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:18:52 -0400; explode industrial It may take some age and strain, and you may never push it past that point to where it will fail. But if it does (and the chances of it failing are better than the chances of black; /html/shop-talk/2011-10/msg00020.html (10,788 bytes)
31. Re: [Shop-talk] Compressed Air Lines, RapidAir (score: 1): Author: Scott <scott.hall.personal@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:34:12 -0400; I've been five feet from a pvc air line when it exploded. It does happen. Made a huge boom and sprayed shrapnel. A guy three feet away caught some in the face and arm. Though the fact that I was five; /html/shop-talk/2011-10/msg00021.html (11,793 bytes)
32. Re: [Shop-talk] Compressed Air Lines, RapidAir (score: 1): Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>; Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:37:56 -0700; On the day you install it, schedule 40 PVC is very strong. But... If it's exposed to impact, copper pipe will dent, plastic pipe will crack. If it's exposed to the sun plastic pipe will become britt; /html/shop-talk/2011-10/msg00022.html (10,368 bytes)
33. Re: [Shop-talk] Compressed Air Lines, RapidAir (score: 1): Author: David Hillman <hillman@planet-torque.com>; Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:49:52 -0400 (EDT); There's this thing called Google... "We're seeing more incidents of explosive failure, and we're citing more employers for using PVC air system piping," said Paul Merrill, senior safety inspector in; /html/shop-talk/2011-10/msg00023.html (11,621 bytes)
34. Re: [Shop-talk] Compressed Air Lines, RapidAir (score: 1): Author: Mike Rambour <mikey@b2systems.com>; Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:50:59 -0700; I have a hard time believing that some NASCAR shop would have PVC unless it was a little mom-pop shop that did not need to get inspected. I rode my motorcycle for 37 years without a accident so obvio; /html/shop-talk/2011-10/msg00024.html (11,951 bytes)
35. Re: [Shop-talk] Compressed Air Lines, RapidAir (score: 1): Author: Wayne <wmc_st@xxiii.com>; Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:41:07 -0400; Yeah, there's this nice little site http://www.lmgtfy.com/ (let me google that for you) that is an appropriate but somewhat rude slap upside the head for just such a purpose. Crikey! I've had an IED; /html/shop-talk/2011-10/msg00025.html (10,700 bytes)
36. Re: [Shop-talk] Compressed Air Lines, RapidAir (score: 1): Author: Michael Lye <lotuseuropa@me.com>; Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:49:21 -0400; Well, I can confirm first hand the PVC will fail by explosively shattering. I had thought the same thing about the pressure ratings etc. and ran a line from the back of a shop to the front of a store; /html/shop-talk/2011-10/msg00026.html (12,280 bytes)
37. Re: [Shop-talk] Compressed Air Lines, RapidAir (score: 1): Author: David Hillman <hillman@planet-torque.com>; Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:47:49 -0400 (EDT); It just so happens that the company I work for puts cellular modems on commercial airliners. It's how we deliver broadband internet to passengers. We have over 2000 planes flying around the country e; /html/shop-talk/2011-10/msg00027.html (11,531 bytes)
38. Re: [Shop-talk] Compressed Air Lines, RapidAir (score: 1): Author: eric@megageek.com; Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:28:26 -0400; I always hear the problem with PVC (besides it bursting) is that it doesn't cool the air and let water separate out. Also, that it causes lots of static electrical shocks (not major, just annoying) E; /html/shop-talk/2011-10/msg00028.html (13,456 bytes)
39. Re: [Shop-talk] Compressed Air Lines, RapidAir (score: 1): Author: eric@megageek.com; Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:36:54 -0400; The reasons for the phone ban is two fold. First, the FAA doesn't want to have to test every cell phone model out there. More importantly, the problem is that a cell phone 20,000 feet in the air can; /html/shop-talk/2011-10/msg00030.html (13,048 bytes)
40. Re: [Shop-talk] Compressed Air Lines, RapidAir (score: 1): Author: "Jack Brooks" <jibjib@att.net>; Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:13:33 -0700; The problem is how the PVC fails when it eventually does fail. It shatters. Copper will fail eventually too, but it does not shatter. Jack I'm jumping in here late, but i've been using Home Depot PVC; /html/shop-talk/2011-10/msg00031.html (13,354 bytes)

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