plumbing

[ychan]

Help, needs advise for plumbing

Setting up a new pump for the tank. Try to connect HomeDepot 1" male connector to 1" female connector of "Blowhole" pump. Even I use teflon tape with the joint, I still notice a small amount of water dripping between the joint. Anything else I can get/use to stop the leak???

Thanks in advance

 

[garys reef]

use more tape

 

[skene]

lots more tape... and are you sure it's coming from the threads... maybe when you glued the pvc together it did not bond properly.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

take a pic and post it on here and lets see what you are talking about

 

[ychan]

use more tape

Thanks, will buy more tape

lots more tape... and are you sure it's coming from the threads... maybe when you glued the pvc together it did not bond properly.

Thansk for the info. THe PVC joints are good ( at least I got one thing right )

take a pic and post it on here and lets see what you are talking about

Pic will be up as new tank thread soon

 

[skene]

no he's not asking you to take pictures of your tank... he's asking you to take pictures of your plumbing so that we can see if there is anything wrong with it. especially the area where you are having the problem.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

yea cause my head is killen me right now and i cant even picture how this is all set up :dead1:

 

[skene]

chop off your head... and it wont kill ya.
dont worry it'll grow back

 

[garys reef]

hey tony as achmad the dead terrorist says silence or ill kill you LMFAO

 

[onit12345]

I recently did some plumming and noticed they came out with some new thread tape. The old one is white and wanna say the new one is like a light orange. The new one def works better make sure and use that

 

[Buck0land]

I may be wrong but the light orange teflon like tape at home depot is for gas lines.

 

[nycfishy]

think the thicker yellow tape is for gas lines.....but either way it should work for this

 

[Imbarrie]

Teflon tape is not a sealer, it merely acts as a lubricant so you can thread the joints better and get a better seal. That tape will not seal and is not meant to seal.

First make sure nothing is cracked or the threads are stripped.
Maybe get new fittings as some of those could have been dropped off the shelf. They are cheap.

If they are not cracked then use a correct sealer.

 

[nycfishy]

White - Used on NPT threads up to 3/8 inch.
Yellow - Used on NPT threads 1/2 inch to 2 inch, often labeled "gas tape".
Pink - Used on NPT threads 1/2 inch to 2 inch.

+1 on imbarrie's comment about it being lube not sealer

 

[Tonyscoots84]

hey tony as achmad the dead terrorist says silence or ill kill you LMFAO

i wacked achmad :shhh: dont tell n e one :biggrin: :fishhit: