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Posted by Dutch Buckhead on July 8, 2007, 1:14 pm
Hi folks,
I woke up this morning and had water leaking out of my pool heat pump. I
determined that the fitting that attaches the drain/discharge line to the
bottom of the heat exchanger had broken. I'm assuming this allows the unit
to be drained for the winter or something.
Anyway, the male end of the broken fitting is still lodged in the hole in
the heat exchanger. I don't have a tool that can grab it to unscrew it.
Does anyone know if something like this is available? Thanks in advance!
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Posted by Meat Plow on July 8, 2007, 1:18 pm
On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 13:14:01 -0400, Dutch Buckhead wrote:
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> Hi folks,
>
> I woke up this morning and had water leaking out of my pool heat pump. I
> determined that the fitting that attaches the drain/discharge line to the
> bottom of the heat exchanger had broken. I'm assuming this allows the unit
> to be drained for the winter or something.
>
> Anyway, the male end of the broken fitting is still lodged in the hole in
> the heat exchanger. I don't have a tool that can grab it to unscrew it.
> Does anyone know if something like this is available? Thanks in advance!
Is it plastic?
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Posted by Dutch Buckhead on July 8, 2007, 1:23 pm
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> On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 13:14:01 -0400, Dutch Buckhead wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>> I woke up this morning and had water leaking out of my pool heat pump. I
>> determined that the fitting that attaches the drain/discharge line to the
>> bottom of the heat exchanger had broken. I'm assuming this allows the
>> unit
>> to be drained for the winter or something.
>> Anyway, the male end of the broken fitting is still lodged in the hole in
>> the heat exchanger. I don't have a tool that can grab it to unscrew it.
>> Does anyone know if something like this is available? Thanks in advance!
> Is it plastic?
Yes, the broken fitting is plastic and it appears the discharge/drain tube
itself is plastic as well.
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Posted by Meat Plow on July 8, 2007, 1:34 pm
On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 13:23:38 -0400, Dutch Buckhead wrote:
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>> On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 13:14:01 -0400, Dutch Buckhead wrote:
>>> Hi folks,
>>> I woke up this morning and had water leaking out of my pool heat pump. I
>>> determined that the fitting that attaches the drain/discharge line to the
>>> bottom of the heat exchanger had broken. I'm assuming this allows the
>>> unit
>>> to be drained for the winter or something.
>>> Anyway, the male end of the broken fitting is still lodged in the hole in
>>> the heat exchanger. I don't have a tool that can grab it to unscrew it.
>>> Does anyone know if something like this is available? Thanks in advance!
>> Is it plastic?
>
> Yes, the broken fitting is plastic and it appears the discharge/drain tube
> itself is plastic as well.
Well I would (and I don't recommend you or anyone else do this) using a
hacksaw blade cut through the inside of the fitting down to the threads
of the heater, careful not to damage them, and pry/twist the broken piece
out in one piece hopefully so you can try to match it up with something.
Have you any experience with PVC pipe installation/repair? If not you'll
need to get a plumber.
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Posted by Dutch Buckhead on July 8, 2007, 1:37 pm
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> On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 13:23:38 -0400, Dutch Buckhead wrote:
>>> On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 13:14:01 -0400, Dutch Buckhead wrote:
>>>> Hi folks,
>>>> I woke up this morning and had water leaking out of my pool heat pump.
>>>> I
>>>> determined that the fitting that attaches the drain/discharge line to
>>>> the
>>>> bottom of the heat exchanger had broken. I'm assuming this allows the
>>>> unit
>>>> to be drained for the winter or something.
>>>> Anyway, the male end of the broken fitting is still lodged in the hole
>>>> in
>>>> the heat exchanger. I don't have a tool that can grab it to unscrew
>>>> it.
>>>> Does anyone know if something like this is available? Thanks in
>>>> advance!
>>> Is it plastic?
>> Yes, the broken fitting is plastic and it appears the discharge/drain
>> tube
>> itself is plastic as well.
> Well I would (and I don't recommend you or anyone else do this) using a
> hacksaw blade cut through the inside of the fitting down to the threads
> of the heater, careful not to damage them, and pry/twist the broken piece
> out in one piece hopefully so you can try to match it up with something.
> Have you any experience with PVC pipe installation/repair? If not you'll
> need to get a plumber.
Thanks for the information. I don't have any experience at this. Someone
told me I might be able to use a stub extractor or a nipple extractor, but
the smallest one I could locate is 1/2 inch. That is still much larger than
the hole in the broken fitting.
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>
> I woke up this morning and had water leaking out of my pool heat pump. I
> determined that the fitting that attaches the drain/discharge line to the
> bottom of the heat exchanger had broken. I'm assuming this allows the unit
> to be drained for the winter or something.
>
> Anyway, the male end of the broken fitting is still lodged in the hole in
> the heat exchanger. I don't have a tool that can grab it to unscrew it.
> Does anyone know if something like this is available? Thanks in advance!