On Tue, 09 May 2006 14:50:53 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article ,
. wrote:
why call it a /compression/ joint then ? in your world it would be
called a deformation joint which it isn't, it's a /compression/ joint.
methinks you're splitting hairs, why is anyones guess but if the
copper *tube* /deforms/ the joint is and will be defective.

Not so. I've taken many apart, which after removing the olive, show clear
signs of the pipe being indented under where the olive was. And non of
them leaked. If you've not seen this I'd say you have little experience.

Agreed. Given that, invariably, any joint that is undone you find the
olive crimped onto the pipe.



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