Hard-line length for DIY-style compressor?
Discussion
I'm planning to get a compressor next year some time. Not a pro-level one you might find in a garage, but one of the 50-litre 2hp or 100-litre 3hp jobbies you get from places like Screwfix and MachineMart. That may be an important factor in the answers to my question, I don't know.
My shed is around 100 feet from my driveway, with a boundary wall along that entire length. To save moving the compressor between workshop and driveway I was considering putting in hard-line from the shed (where the compressor will be housed) to the driveway with a slight fall to one end and a drain cock at the low end. I'm assuming that air consumption is going to be the make-or-break factor, I think the biggest tool I'm likely to use at the driveway end of things is a 1/2" impact. Looks like they consume somewhere between 6.5 cfm and 18cfm (I think the latter is probably the real figure when being used).
According to the following chart, I should be fine with 3/4" (i.e. 22mm) pipe... 100 feet, 20cfm - https://www.new-line.com/information/suggested-pip...
Does anyone have any experience of the success / failure of installing long hard-lines to this class of compressor? Any tips or advice?
My shed is around 100 feet from my driveway, with a boundary wall along that entire length. To save moving the compressor between workshop and driveway I was considering putting in hard-line from the shed (where the compressor will be housed) to the driveway with a slight fall to one end and a drain cock at the low end. I'm assuming that air consumption is going to be the make-or-break factor, I think the biggest tool I'm likely to use at the driveway end of things is a 1/2" impact. Looks like they consume somewhere between 6.5 cfm and 18cfm (I think the latter is probably the real figure when being used).
According to the following chart, I should be fine with 3/4" (i.e. 22mm) pipe... 100 feet, 20cfm - https://www.new-line.com/information/suggested-pip...
Does anyone have any experience of the success / failure of installing long hard-lines to this class of compressor? Any tips or advice?
Edited by donkmeister on Tuesday 22 December 22:09
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