On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 00:17:12 +0000 (UTC), Red Green
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On Sun, 1 Jul 2012 14:12:32 -0700 (PDT), Evan
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On Jun 29, 11:40ﾃつ*pm, Harry K wrote:
On Jun 29, 6:46ﾃつ*pm, Tony Hwang wrote:
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I just put in a frost free faucet. ﾃつ*It was working OK for a
while but then it started to get not come on. ﾃつ*If I played with
it (off, on, off, on ) then it would come on. ﾃつ*Now no matter
what I do it won't come on. The water is turned on to it so I'm
sure that is not the issue and water does go to the pipe. ﾃつ*I'm
thinking somehow it is the frost free faucet. ﾃつ*Any suggestions
on how to repair it?
Hi,
You are the one who put it in. You are the one who should know
best what's going on.
Good advice except: ﾃつ*Ever try to take one apart? ﾃつ*The only time I
succeeded is after I dug it up, put it in a vice and used a BIG pipe
wrench. ﾃつ*they are screwed together so tight you can't dissassemble
in place. ﾃつ*At least I haven't succeded with 4 of mine and I tried
them all.
If I ever replace one of my bad ones, I will take it apart and
reassemble with reasonable torque before I install it.
Harry K
LOL, seeing as you it has to be taken apart
prior to the connection being soldered, umm...
Yeah...
I do not, and they do not recommend, solder to the faucet. Solder a
male thread adapter to the pipe and thread the faucet on to it with
either joint compound or teflon tape .
Turning faucet with wrench from outside to tighten... How's the torque
gonna fare with the pipe joints/t's/elbows inside? Guess a helper inside
holding wrench on adapter on inside pipe is necessary.
Nope - not necessarily. Sometimes you can hold the fitting with one
wrench inside, and turn it with the second - also from inside. Better
yet, thread it up do the pipe, aith a union soldered to a length
suitable to get it back where you can work. To remove, undo the union
and pull it out.