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Hey all, I'm wanting to know what connections you use for your coolant lines?. Just want to see some different ideas to How I've always done it!. Pics would be great . Thanks for any input

Product condenser or reflux ?
Guess I need to charge the camera batteries to answer this one.

Here's the coolant line connections for my product condenser.
The fittings are homemade to connect to a garden hose.
A little bit of cutting and brazing made for a simple and clean connection.

I use 1/4" 0.035 (4mm) polyflow in compression fittings with flowmeters for the dephlegmator and liebeg using 60psig utility water. Probably would need 3/8" (6mm) with a pump.

I use 3/8" poly line in push to connect fittings, it makes it handy for set up and take down.

For metal to PVC lines I use nylon parts...they hold up well to heat. Any big box store has lots of variations for cheap.
For CSST to PVC...coat the CSST with any epoxi to make it smooth and use hose clamps.

When I have a permanent setup I'll use better reinforced hose, but the PVC does o.k. until it gets really hot and soft.

For my notorious PVC jacketed liebig, I have 1/2" nylon fittings that are threaded into the PVC jacket. They have a 90 degree elbow to a barbed connection. The barbs allow me to slip on the clear vinyl hoses and they hold without clamps. If the hoses start showing any kind of wear or stretching, I just cut off a half inch or so any they are as good as new. The elbows help to prevent the hoses from kinking.

1/2" Sharkbite connectors. They attach from copper to pex. I use one with a threaded male end to attach to the female compression fitting on the end of my CSST coil.

Brass garden hose fittings.

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Braided SS appliance hoses.
Don't worry about the output going into the boiler I was washing it out

For all of my equipment I use 1/4" copper stubs soldered onto still components and clear 5/16" Tygon hose for cooling, slip fit onto the stubs without clamps... I have made several different sink adapters over the years and use the sinks faucet lever to regulate water flow...

Sub'd. I need to upgrade my cooling line game.

Pex and push to connect fittings. It takes less than a minute to breakdown and setup the irrigation.

I run it off a tee that I installed at my cold water washing machine line in and use the existing drain.

Thanks for the info all!. People using pex *-:-) what do you use to connect the the condenser lines?, (copper tube to pex fitting) and if using a big pump, how do you go from 1/4" to 1/2" for example?.


Edit, I mean the push connect fittings!.

googe wrote:Thanks for the info all!. People using pex *-:-) what do you use to connect the the condenser lines?, (copper tube to pex fitting) and if using a big pump, how do you go from 1/4" to 1/2" for example?.


Edit, I mean the push connect fittings!.

This is a 1/2" × 1/4" Sharkbite brand push connect reducer fitting. These will fit copper to pex no fuss no muss.

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