On Fri, 26 Nov 2010 05:37:26 -0800 (PST), Bob Villa
wrote:

Jim wanted to know...

A couple questions.
Were these *real* sharkbites, or 'sharkbite type'?
Installed at the factory, or during the site install?
Were they in a spot that might be getting some vibration from the
whirlpool?

These are "actual" SharkBites installed at the factory used on 1/4"
poly tubing subject to pump vibration within inches of the sanitizer.
(So they probably lose their grip on the polyethylene)

Hadn't even thought of the poly. I would say the recipe for
disaster here includes somebody in a factory shoving them together all
day & not paying particular attention to them- the poly instead of a
more solid bite like on copper- and then the vibrations.

I feel better about mine already.g Thanks.

Jim