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Posted by JIMMIE on October 21, 2009, 10:54 am
On Oct 21, 12:08=A0am, cheapd...@home.com wrote:
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> I posted a question a few days ago about 1/2 inch copper tubing that is
> part of the baseboard heaters in my 1951 built house...well I more or les=
> have worked out a solution. =A0I spend good part of the day on Monday run=
ning
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> around to several plumbing/heating/air conditioner suppliers....Several
> suggested that the reason the 1/2 copper tubing is bigger, is that at som=
> point it may have froze with water in it and expanded a little....most ha=
> now idea how I could find fittings =A0for these things. After checking ab=
out 5
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> places, I found someone who tried a few things and we hit on something th=
> works. It seems that 1/2 X 3/8 copper couplers =A0the small end will fit
> inside the tubing. it is a tight fit but it works...I had to use one on e=
ach
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> end and a short piece of 1/2 inch tubing in the middle to connect. I just
> finished putting it all together and soldering and will see if it works
> tomorrow...thanks for the help and advise...........
You may be able to use a short length of 3/4 pipe as a coupling.
Jimmie
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> part of the baseboard heaters in my 1951 built house...well I more or less
> have worked out a solution. I spend good part of the day on Monday
> running
> around to several plumbing/heating/air conditioner suppliers....Several
> suggested that the reason the 1/2 copper tubing is bigger, is that at some
> point it may have froze with water in it and expanded a little....most had
> now idea how I could find fittings for these things. After checking about
> 5
> places, I found someone who tried a few things and we hit on something
> that
> works. It seems that 1/2 X 3/8 copper couplers the small end will fit
> inside the tubing. it is a tight fit but it works...I had to use one on
> each
> end and a short piece of 1/2 inch tubing in the middle to connect. I just
> finished putting it all together and soldering and will see if it works
> tomorrow...thanks for the help and advise...........