On 01/03/2018 13:49, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Thu, 1 Mar 2018 12:33:01 +0000, Lee wrote:

Just a quick(!) question, why would a weeping soldered fitting continue
to weep at the same rate when the supply is turned off and the pressure
removed (by opening a tap) ?

If there is any water left above the weep the weep is still under
presure from the weight of that water.

The weep is coming from a "carbuncle" on the fitting itself, I'm
guessing it's a flux residue problem.

Or faulty fitting? A "temporary" fix for something that slow would
be to bind it with self amalgamting tape.


I have some of that, but to be fair if I had the access to do that it
wouldn't be too much harder to remake the fitting