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Default Joining metric to Imperial pipe.

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Anode notvalid wrote:

"Anode" notvalid wrote in message
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I want to join 15mm copper pipe to another pipe which is Imperial
polyethylene, Class C, low density to BS 1972/67, and installed
around 1968.



John and Roger,

What has happened is I have eventually been able to find a local
supplier of that K1710KP fitting. It has a brass 15mm olive at the
copper-connection end, and a copper olive at the other end for the
polyethylene-connection. The nut at the polyethylene end has a finer
thread than that at the copper-connection end, and, so says a
leaflet, is made of a copper alloy.
So it will make sense to use this specialist fitting now I have got
it, though whether the long-term end result will be noticeably
different from putting a 3/4inch olive in a standard fitting I do not
know.
Thank you for your input.

Regards,

Anode.


Well, you obviously won't go wrong by using the proper thing!

On reflection, I can't be sure that that's not what I've got. It *looked*
like a 3/4" compression joint, but it could well have been a K1719KP or
equivalent. [It's buried deep under my sink, so I can't easily re-check].
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Cheers,
Roger
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