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Step 6Fitting and sealing it all together.
Now it's time to put all the plumbing together. And make it not leak.
First off, take the pieces that are going to go through the back of the cooler for the inlet, and give them a good stiff rubbing of cat.
Wait. No.
That's not right at all.
Use the pipe sealing tape, that should much better.
Give it a couple full turns of the sealing tape and thread them together through the cooler.
When you get it tight, make sure that it's really tight. Not to the point of stripping the threads, or giving yourself a hernia, but really tight.
Next, assemble the fittings for the tap side in the same fashion, but don't put the compression fitting on the copper tubing just yet.
Push the vinyl tubing on to the nipple of the adapter and the tap, making sure to get them on as far as possible, at least past the third rib on both.
Now for the compression fittings.
You'll find a nut, a sleeve, and the piece that they both fit into. Slide the nut on the tubing, the sleeve after that, and then slip the tubing into the threaded piece. Slide up the sleeve, the nut, and hand tighten the nut.
With the nut hand tightened, take a wrench and tighten it down some more, about a full turn or so.
Grab your wrenches, garden hose adapter and cheap vinyl tubing, and go outside and lead test it!
First off, take the pieces that are going to go through the back of the cooler for the inlet, and give them a good stiff rubbing of cat.
Wait. No.
That's not right at all.
Use the pipe sealing tape, that should much better.
Give it a couple full turns of the sealing tape and thread them together through the cooler.
When you get it tight, make sure that it's really tight. Not to the point of stripping the threads, or giving yourself a hernia, but really tight.
Next, assemble the fittings for the tap side in the same fashion, but don't put the compression fitting on the copper tubing just yet.
Push the vinyl tubing on to the nipple of the adapter and the tap, making sure to get them on as far as possible, at least past the third rib on both.
Now for the compression fittings.
You'll find a nut, a sleeve, and the piece that they both fit into. Slide the nut on the tubing, the sleeve after that, and then slip the tubing into the threaded piece. Slide up the sleeve, the nut, and hand tighten the nut.
With the nut hand tightened, take a wrench and tighten it down some more, about a full turn or so.
Grab your wrenches, garden hose adapter and cheap vinyl tubing, and go outside and lead test it!
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