Jarniscipus
Member
I had a first time experience and am looking for advice on what I did wrong to avoid this type of problem again. I sweated a bunch of pipe and tested the line and a 1" 90 elbow split on the outside for the first time under pressure. I have never had a new fitting split on me and am wondering if there is something I did wrong or do manufacturer defects happen from time to time in new fittings? I am sure I did not overheat it and I have heated fittings a lot hotter for brazing with no problems. It cost me an hour of time taking everything apart and don't want to go through this again. I'm just a little mystified as to what went wrong on me. How of often does this happen with fittings?