home garage compressor: how many CFMs?

[Eric]

It would be about 75 ft.  Sadly it is uphill about 1 ft every 10 ft.  I
had thought about burying PVC with flexible air hose inside.  That way I
could fish new hose if I ever got a leak.

Just one of many projects.  I have a 4000 turbo swap and two A/C
conversions in line before that project.

-Eric

Casting Fool wrote:

>From: "Eric" <ees at mindspring.com>
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>>My "MarriageSaver" solution is going to be moving the compressor to a
>>shed in the back yard and running lines back underground.  The one
>>technical hurtle that remains is how to keep the water from collecting
>>in the cool underground lines.
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>We've run some critical 3" water lines here by running the lines through a
>6" SCH80 PVC pipe "casing".  Joints in the 6" were accomplished by splitting
>the couplings or tees and clamping them together over the pipe ends.
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>With air lines, you'd probably want set up a casing to run slightly downhill
>in the direction of the air flow to help the moisture to run toward a water
>trap.   Using metal lines and if your run is 100' or less, you could
>consider running something similar to *FrosTex Plus to keep the lines at a
>constant temperature (haven't done this with air lines, but it might work).
>Alternately, a little over-pressure in the room at one end of the casing
>would force room air into the pipe.
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>An added plus (and the reason that we originally did this) is that someone
>shovel digging in the vicinity of the line will hit the SCH80 6" first.
>
>*Self-regulating, non-thermostat controlled, heating cable (must use
>"FrosTex Plus", not "FrosTex" or "FrosTex II"):
>http://www.tycothermal.com/assets/NorthAmerica/English/Documents/Miscellaneo
>us/Products/145/h55126.pdf
>
>TTFN - Mike Jackson
>Casting Fool & Son
>Augusta, GA  USA
>http://www.cfnson.com
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