Re: Splicing Primary Copper Tubing

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

Find a short piece of copper tubing or brass rod that matches the ID of the 
tubing. Sweat it on (in?) with torch,solder, flux in the usual way. Having 
the join inside means that the outside of the tubing is nice and smooth.

At 07:59 AM 2/5/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz 
><teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>
>
>
>My primary tubing is a bit short (only comes in 100ft lengths), and I need
>to splice on a few more turns with additiona.
>tubing.  Not being a plumber, I have no clue how to splice copper tubing?
>
>Anyone have a brief description how this is done?  I guess its done with a
>blowtorch, plumber's solder, and some flux.
>
>Any help appreciated.
>
>Thanks
>
>Dan