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Posted by BobK207 on June 16, 2008, 2:37 am
> >> Is a 1" copper union slip x mips commonly available?
>
> >> I couldn't find it at Home Depot or at a couple of the online stores
> >> that I searched. They only had slip x fips or slip x slip.
>
> >> Thanks
>
> > I don't think there's such an animal. What is this application for?
>
> For attaching an irrigation backflow preventer (Febco 765-1 PVB). The
> backflow preventer has two female connects and since this is a
> replacement, I don't have a lot of room in the existing copper loop to
> add in a series of transitional connectors to make a female threaded
> union work.
>
> The reason I am adding unions is so I can disconnect the PVB over the
> winter to prevent plastic parts from freezing (it can happen even when
> system is fully blown out -- I know from experience...)
If the supply house doesn't have the union in the configuration you
desire, perhaps a CxC union could still work if a "fitting male"
adapter was used. It would make the union only marginally longer
than the one you seek.
cheers
Bob
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