| Copper Line Problem [message #104721] |
Sun, 31 October 2010 21:32  |
Jiffyjet2
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Registered: November 2008
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I started what I thought was a relatively simple installation in my '74 Canyon Lands. I started to put an Insta Hot unit in the counter top. The electricity is already there, so a simple "T" in the cold water line to the sink tap would get water to the new unit. The plumbing in this area is copper tubing. I disconnected the braided flex hose from the end of the copper and tried to put the "T" in...however, I couldn't get the brass fitting to connect the thing to the copper to go on the end of the tube. After much pushing and messing around, I still couldn't get the fitting to go over the end of the tube, even with new fittings, and even cutting the off the tube and starting over. Finally, I measured the OD of the original tubing. It isn't 3/8 inch (.375) the standard, it's .40! That seems to be the diameter of the all of the original tubing under the sink.
Is that the usual diameter of the tubing? If so, can I still get brass fittings that fit .40? I can't even get it back together without the Insta Hot...and I really don't want to replumb the whole coach.
Thanks for any help or insight into this annoying little issue.
After two years it's very nearly ready to roll. Just a few adjustments to the blinds and a front drape.
Cheers,
Jess Marker
'74 Canyon Lands, "the Great Pumpkin"
Tacoma, WA
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