Hackney plumbing
Homeowner
Be more fun if those rams had Carhart jackets on.
Didnt look like much solder on those caps. I'll bet you dont get 200 psi. What flavor solder?
Try a second one with some liquid left inside for a comp.
While you are at it, do one with copper epoxy on the caps and run the pressure test. That would be damn interesting.
Dont need the hydraulics, any 2 stage compressor has 200 to 250 psi at the tank.
250 psi is childs play......I'm talking thousands of pounds. The caps have already been tested with 400 psi for 6 hours without any problem. I used a rex wheeler hydro test pump. I also tested a 3/4 sharkbite slipped onto 1/2" galvanize pipe......that test lasted 6 months on the bench before I disassembled it........it helld 400 psi.
I'm going to test them with hydraulic fluid until the pipe or joint literally fails and splits open. I believe his rig can go near a 100,000 psi......so thats more than enough for a copper pipe test. LOL
Yeah I know it wasn't alot of solder.....its a 1/2" joint. Notice it didn't drip.......what hits the floor doesn't help. It was 95/5 lead free solder.
I need to have a guy with a propress press me a cap on so i can test it to failure.........I'm not a huge fan of propress but I'm not against it either.
Thanks to Hackney's advice, there will be a lot more leaks now.
Pretty funny. That's okay. More service calls for me.
Whats funny Terry is that I've been plumbing for close to 30 years and I have a large customer base that I have kept........you dont have that kind of business doing crappy work and having leaks. I haven't had a leaking joint in so many years I cant remember the last one I had.
Steam expands ALOT more than air.......sediment/scale in the pipe holds moisture and that moisture is converted to steam as you heat the pipe.
CORRECTION: I just got off the phone with my friend and he said he can test it to about 65,000 psi with his current rig.........I'll probably be going to get it tested tomorrow. Depends on my work load......and as we service plumbers know you can get more than you can handle with one phone call.
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