What kind of line is this? (Air compressor)
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Normally hardened copper
High temp and high pressure
High temp and high pressure
Would steel gas pipe be a suitable replacement?
Go to Parker, they will make you a nice line. Then there are these, they work well.
Yes as long as it meets the requirements- copper is just easier to fab and is a bit more tolerant of a recips vibration and pulsing on small units but big machines use castings and regular steel pipe.
Compressors don't have much pressure any copper line would work . I have a similar compressor which I though was worn out until I took the effort to trouble shoot it and the copper line was cracked so some soft copper line and ferrules fixed the problem
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Properly functioning, no they don't but if that in tank check that the discharge pipe usually goes straight into ever fails and the pressure switch doesn't see the cut off pressure- the pump can and will pump until it explodes. I have had to investigate a few of these and true they are rare but theres a reason many things are done certain ways. Not just because it can be done easier.
