On 5/27/2011 8:36 AM, Roland Wilhelmy wrote:
> So, is the moral of the story to leak test as you construct the air
> line? Or install a lot of unions so you can get at that joint in the
> middle of the array without dismantling the whole thing?
Yes, if it's big enough to worry about leakage, pressure test it in
segments as you go.
You can find some truly amazing threads in some of the iron pipe
fittings in the stores these days.
When I did the plumbing on our house a few years back, I didn't have a
pipe threader (the water and compressed air piping is copper, but the
gas is iron.)
Fortunately OSH is only three minutes away.
Unfortunately the guy out back running the pipe threader was new and had
no clue what he was doing.
Fortunately, he responded well to suggestions.
John.
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