Re: barbed fittings

Posted by Quality Water Associates on November 13, 2002 at 18:21:07:
In response to Re: barbed fittings
: i'm currently using plastic barbed fittings with standard hose clamps on a solar pool heating system to go from a female threaded PVC fitting to black poly tubing. i have problems getting a good seal on the barbed fitting. i have tried different brands of the barbed fittings and clamps with no luck. i am now thinking of using a compression type fitting. does anybody have experience and/or luck with such fittings? any ideas are welcome. also, any ideas on whether a brass barbed fitting would work any better than plastic? : thanks, : steve. : ps. the tubing is 3/4". If you have the right tubing and fitting for it, you are doing something wrong if you have leaks. What rating tubing, what fittings? I�ve used this material for years without leaks. How do you get the fitting into the tubing?

Posted by Quality Water Associates on November 13, 2002 at 18:21:07:

In response to Re: barbed fittings

: i'm currently using plastic barbed fittings with standard hose clamps on a solar pool heating system to go from a female threaded PVC fitting to black poly tubing. i have problems getting a good seal on the barbed fitting. i have tried different brands of the barbed fittings and clamps with no luck. i am now thinking of using a compression type fitting. does anybody have experience and/or luck with such fittings? any ideas are welcome. also, any ideas on whether a brass barbed fitting would work any better than plastic?

: thanks,
: steve.
: ps. the tubing is 3/4".

If you have the right tubing and fitting for it, you are doing something wrong if you have leaks. What rating tubing, what fittings? I�ve used this material for years without leaks. How do you get the fitting into the tubing?

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