At 09:08 PM 5/27/2011, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: >don't use teflon tape on the threads...as that's an electrical connection - Scott, this is wrong. A standard* NPT pipe thread connection *must* have some kind of thread tape or pipe dope because the thread geometry results in an unsealed path running around the tips of the threads. There will be plenty of metal-to-metal contact. *there is a special modified pipe thread that does seal without tape/dope but it's uncommon and must exist on both sides of the connection. Yours, David |
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