Ever seen this before? Called to a leak through ceiling last week... steel pipe (1970's) soldered with copper fittings. Probably been there 30 years, but now leaking. Have a photo but don't know how to upload, sorry?[/img]
Never heard of compression fittings with rubber "O" rings (apart from Leadlocs, etc.). Do you mean those heavy galvanised compression joints designed for normal mild steel tubing? They have rubber olives but they're a V section and look like this.Its generally considered better to use compression fittings with rubber "O" rings to join these situations.
Surely you could just shoot it with an Uzi 9 millimeeeetaar?When I have to connect copper /brass /bronze to steel I use the union carbide 25 M rod .. It is a broze rod prefluxed and great for dissimilar metals (no white metals)
You are in the USA where techniques are different.
You also seem to have far too much time on your hands so that you have to resort to repling to postings a year old!
Agile";p="972611 said:You are in the USA where techniques are different.
We also have the dresser couplings, mechanical joints. compression joints but I do not care for them as the coefficient of expansion per degree temperature change are different so I feel high temperature brazing is safer when combining metals with no threads and of made of various alloys
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