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Take either an SOS pad or a wire brush and rough up both the inside of the brass fitting and outside of copper pipe, put the copper pipe into the fitting and solder around it.
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Can you connect brass to copper pipe?
Yes, you can either solder them or fit mechanical (threaded) fittings.
Can you solder a brass fitting to copper?
Certainly look up Flagg Flow T.P Fittings T.P thread-less copper fittings will FIT on schedule 40/80 /120 Brass pipe Ideally it should be brazed but soldering will hold domestic water pressures Also many solder fittings ARE CAST BRASS rather then wrought copper
Should you solder or braise brass water fittings?
Always and only solder.
How do you solder electric wires to a brass fitting?
*Yes you can solder brass, as long as it isn't the decorative polished brass. They have used brass fittings in plumbing for years and years. It has the same characteristics as copper.
Can pure brass be soldered using plumbing solder?
Solder can be used on any grade of brass or copper.
Can you solder threaded copper to brass fittings?
Any pipe dope will work but Teflon tape is a lot cleaner.
What is an example of a metal alloy?
Solder, (lead + tin); Brass, (copper + zinc); Bronze, (copper + tin).
What is the best way to replace plumbing fittings?
For basic plumbing fittings, either copper or brass fittings is your best bet. Copper is more for just water lines, and brass is for various uses, but more expensive. Sites like DrillSpot.com are great places to start looking.
What are five uses of copper in Latin America?
Copper fittings, electromagnets, electric wires, lead-free solder (alloyed with tin), integrated circuits.
Why are metals usually more useful when they are mixed?
Tin, copper, lead. (So Bronze, solder, brass.)
What 5 metals are in amalgom brass and solder?
Brass is an alloy of Copper and Zinc. Originally solder is an alloy of Tin and Lead. Lead-free solders in commercial use may contain tin, copper, silver, bismuth, indium, zinc, antimony, and traces of other metals.
What is a sweat inlet?
It is probably referring to the type of fitting. A fitting that is soldered to a copper pipe. It is called sweating when you use solder and a torch to connect copper pipe together or attach fittings to copper pipe.
