Installed a new water heater yesterday and had an unbelievably slow leak coming from a brass ball valve/copper connection - cut out the offending valve and, for fun, tried resoldering it to see if any more solder could have been taken up.
Nope! Solder kept melting and sliding off the pipe without anymore uptake. And eventually...BOOM! Sounded like a gunshot coming out of the pipe (~10" assembly including the ball valve). Blew the nylon seal out of valve. Had never done that before, but it was interesting.
Greg
Nope! Solder kept melting and sliding off the pipe without anymore uptake. And eventually...BOOM! Sounded like a gunshot coming out of the pipe (~10" assembly including the ball valve). Blew the nylon seal out of valve. Had never done that before, but it was interesting.
Greg