jwith
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I'm installing a water softener with a big blue water filter. I will be connecting the system to copper piping.
I'm wording specifics on fittings and layout. Although the Softener has a bypass, I'm going to make a ball-valve bypass configuration as shown in the diagram below. Should both the Big Blue Filter and the softener be inside the same bypass, or should I create a separate bypass for the BB filter? I'd rather not do the second because the cost of ball valves.
In regards to the fittings, how should the BB filter be attached? I've been thinking of using 3/4" MPT copper fittings, using 3/4" CXC unions, or 3/4" compression fittings. I'd prefer one of the first two or another suggestion.
In the first option, I'm not sure the order of installation. Would I need to attach the MPT to the BB prior to sweating? If so, how do I keep it from melting the BB plastic cap? In the second configuration, I've heard a lot of people complaining about unions leaking. Is there a good place to buy decent unions locally?
Thanks for the help.
I'm wording specifics on fittings and layout. Although the Softener has a bypass, I'm going to make a ball-valve bypass configuration as shown in the diagram below. Should both the Big Blue Filter and the softener be inside the same bypass, or should I create a separate bypass for the BB filter? I'd rather not do the second because the cost of ball valves.
In regards to the fittings, how should the BB filter be attached? I've been thinking of using 3/4" MPT copper fittings, using 3/4" CXC unions, or 3/4" compression fittings. I'd prefer one of the first two or another suggestion.
In the first option, I'm not sure the order of installation. Would I need to attach the MPT to the BB prior to sweating? If so, how do I keep it from melting the BB plastic cap? In the second configuration, I've heard a lot of people complaining about unions leaking. Is there a good place to buy decent unions locally?
Thanks for the help.
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