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Arrgghhhh...........
this is probably all my fault.
The cistern in question is a toilet cistern.
So, I take all the blame (for everything except Gordon Brown's speach today) and here is the sitch....
Geberit wall mounted loo frame, integral "cistern" has a manufacturer's supplied brass fitting which has integral stop valve and a 1/2" BSP Male (tapered) end for connection to the supply (which I plan to be mains )
Do I HAVE to use a tapered female coupling (iron end) or will parallel with PTFE be fine.
Much obliged,
Sorry to be such a biffer !
Iain
this is probably all my fault.
The cistern in question is a toilet cistern.
So, I take all the blame (for everything except Gordon Brown's speach today) and here is the sitch....
Geberit wall mounted loo frame, integral "cistern" has a manufacturer's supplied brass fitting which has integral stop valve and a 1/2" BSP Male (tapered) end for connection to the supply (which I plan to be mains )
Do I HAVE to use a tapered female coupling (iron end) or will parallel with PTFE be fine.
Much obliged,
Sorry to be such a biffer !
Iain
a parallel 15mm x 1/2" compression to fi will be ok.
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IainWatson
gentlemen and scholars all.............
Iain
Iain
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IainWatson
Thanks one and all...........
FYI the only manufacturer I have found who makes a female tapered fitting is Yorkshire/Kuterlite....and their head of sales UK says that they don't have a domestic market for it in the UK, it goes almost exclusively to Europe (under the Kimi name) and is (quote) "particularly useful for high torque compression joints as a parallel female part, with male tapered insert, can undergo stresses at the outer lip, as the male part gets steadily wider, which might cause it to split."
Iain
FYI the only manufacturer I have found who makes a female tapered fitting is Yorkshire/Kuterlite....and their head of sales UK says that they don't have a domestic market for it in the UK, it goes almost exclusively to Europe (under the Kimi name) and is (quote) "particularly useful for high torque compression joints as a parallel female part, with male tapered insert, can undergo stresses at the outer lip, as the male part gets steadily wider, which might cause it to split."
Iain
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