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How to connect copper to PVC?
I've heard of using womens nylon panty hose for drive belt.
But that bungee and duct tape is a new one, to me. I'll print this out, and put in the car with the spare tire. Just in case. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. wrote in message ... Duct tape didn't work when my clothes dryer belt snapped the other day and nowhere in town had a replacement. I never thought of trying a bungie cord, though ;-) A bungie should work fine for your belt, just remove the metal hooks on the end and duct tape the ends together. Of course you need the proper length bungie. You can measure that by taking a tail hair off one of you your cattle or horses. or using a piece of balin twine as a measurin device. If you aint got none of them things, but are lucky enough to still have a dollar bill in your wallet in this poor economy, all dollar bills are 6 inches long. Then measure to the closest letter or number on the bill if it's an uneven divider of six. Then you get a bungie thats a little shorter. |
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How to connect copper to PVC?
On 11/2/2011 2:52 PM, Oren wrote:
On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:34:21 -0700, Steve Barker wrote: If you don't have the soldering rig, a $7 Sharkbite is less than a burner, a tank of fuel, solder, flux, and all the other stuff. A lot less. Steve sharkbites don't fit pvc. they fit CPVC. (teach me moment) Are not PVC / CPVC in the same diameters, etc.? I know CPVC is for hot water. 1/2 PVC is not the same size as 1/2 CPVC? Thanks. PVC is sized by ID (inside diameter) CPVC is sized by OD (outside diameter) |
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How to connect copper to PVC?
On Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:14:14 -0600, jw wrote:
On Tue, 1 Nov 2011 21:29:01 +0000 (UTC), Jules Richardson wrote: On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:33:50 -0600, jw wrote: Duct tape and bungie cords are all you will ever need to repair everything. Duct tape didn't work when my clothes dryer belt snapped the other day and nowhere in town had a replacement. I never thought of trying a bungie cord, though ;-) A bungie should work fine for your belt, just remove the metal hooks on the end and duct tape the ends together. Of course you need the proper length bungie. You can measure that by taking a tail hair off one of you your cattle or horses. or using a piece of balin twine as a measurin device. If you aint got none of them things, but are lucky enough to still have a dollar bill in your wallet in this poor economy, all dollar bills are 6 inches long. Then measure to the closest letter or number on the bill if it's an uneven divider of six. Then you get a bungie thats a little shorter. Ha ha! Funny thing was, a replacement belt was six bucks (inc. shipping), and I found five in change kicking around inside the machine, so it's sort of like having a warranty. Humor aside, I think an emergency duct-tape belt might actually be possible, but only if made entirely from the stuff; a taped-together belt tends to bend around the join when it passes by the [tiny] motor pulley, which then loses traction and chews away at the tape. A belt made entirely from tape wouldn't have any weak spots (but the stretch might simply be too great for the tensioner to handle anyway). Re. pantyhose, I've only ever heard that as an emergency car fan belt replacement; I do remember someone trying it (back when I was maybe 6 years old) but don't recall if it actually worked. I expect it stretches too much to be really effective, but I suppose having the fan turning a bit would be better than nothing and could get you home (possibly with several cool-down stops). cheers Jules |
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