Re: Splicing Primary Copper Tubing

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Original poster: "John Richardson by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jprich-at-up-dot-net>

Dan,
Generally this is done with a compression sleeve coupling, but that would be
large and unsightly.  I would suggest that you find a small section of
either solid wire or tubing that will fit the inside radius of your tubing,
slip it inside the joint, butt the two pieces of primary together, and sweat
some solder into the splice.  If you sweat it in properly, it should look
just fine, with no drips, etc.  Although acid flux is not recommended for
electronic purposes, in this application it would be just fine, and I would
use it over rosin cored electronic solder.
John Richardson
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Subject: Splicing Primary Copper Tubing


 > Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz
<teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>
 >
 >
 > My primary tubing is a bit short (only comes in 100ft lengths), and I need
 > to splice on a few more turns with additiona.
 > tubing.  Not being a plumber, I have no clue how to splice copper tubing?
 >
 > Anyone have a brief description how this is done?  I guess its done with a
 > blowtorch, plumber's solder, and some flux.
 >
 > Any help appreciated.
 >
 > Thanks
 >
 > Dan
 >
 >