On Oct 31, 10:19*am, N8N wrote:
On Oct 31, 12:26*pm, "walther" wrote:

What is the best way - without soldering - to connect a 3/4" rigid copper
pipe *to 3/4" PVC 40?

If there is no good way, what do I need to buy to make a solder joint?

Thank you

Walter--www.rationality.net

as others have said, sharkbite ought to make a fitting that will turn
a plain copper pipe into a male 3/4" NPT then use a PVC FPT to glue
socket fitting, continue from there.

Personally I'd be tempted to just solder the one fitting onto the
copper rather than spending the $$$ for sharkbite, but then again I
have all the tools and supplies. *If you need to buy all that stuff
and this is a one-off job the sharkbite starts to look like the most
economical solution.

nate

NO!!! Never use a female pipe thread PVC fitting to transition. When
you tighten it it tends to crack the fitting. I learned that the
hard way when my new well system sprang a leak in the middle of
January under 2 ft of snow cover. Always use a male PVC adapter..

Harry K