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RE: Chinese pipe at Home Depot. - Cooler - 11-03-2016
(11-03-2016, 12:14 PM)meackerman Wrote: I couldn't get them any tighter. I had the biggest wrench I own on it (long handled HF combination wrench) and I couldn't turn the compression nut any tighter. I thought I was going to strip the threads off I had it tightened so tight.
<shrug> beats me. the connection is water tight now.
There are limits to how tight I will go for fear of rupturing the pipe (chrome over brass or copper).
RE: Chinese pipe at Home Depot. - meackerman - 11-03-2016
I wasn't even worried about that. I tightened the living daylights out of it.
RE: Chinese pipe at Home Depot. - Stwood_ - 11-03-2016
(11-03-2016, 03:52 PM)meackerman Wrote: I wasn't even worried about that. I tightened the living daylights out of it.
Did you paint behind the terloit while you were at it?
RE: Chinese pipe at Home Depot. - TheCabinetmaker - 11-03-2016
Over the years I have had copper pipe from Mexico develop pin hole leaks. and Chinese gas pipe that the seams were not properly welded. For the last 20 plus years I go to a pluming supply house and request American made. Last year I put in a gas stove, at the suppy house a 21' joint of 1/2 " black pipe made in the USA was $2.00 more than the Chinese crap (BTW if you ever cut threads on the Chinese pipe it's a nightmare). The price I paid was less than at the box stores.
RE: Chinese pipe at Home Depot. - daddo - 11-03-2016
I had to re-thread so many of the box stores fittings to the point I just go to the plumbing supply house 5 more miles away instead. I took a bag of fittings back to home de-pot.
RE: Chinese pipe at Home Depot. - meackerman - 11-03-2016
It was the sink not the terloit.