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Yes. Use a threaded fitting, male or female as needed on the copper and screw the galvanized into it.
You must use a dielectric fitting to connect copper to galvanized pipe. If you don't, a galvanic reaction will occur and the piping will corrode and leak. You can use a Dielectric Union or a Threaded Brass fitting to join the two types of piping together.
UNIONS can leak the best answer would have been a dielectric nipple
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Is it okay to connect copper pipe to brass to galvanized to brass and back to copper or will it cause a reaction that will corrode the pipes?
If you do connect copper pipe to galvanized pipe, you will need a dielectric coupling or else the galvanized pipe will corrode. Same with connecting galvanized pipe to brass fittings. Brass is an alloy that contains copper and therefore the same electrolytic properties will exist unless a dielectric coupling is used. Hope that helps you out.
Can a 2.5 galvanized dielectric union be used to connect black pipe to copper pipe?
Yes
What diameter copper pipe should you use to connect with 1 galvanized radiator pipe I've been advised to reduce to a three-quarter inch copper pipe.?
If you had been advised why ask again?
What fitting is required to join copper with galvanized pipe?
A threaded copper fitting on the copper side, male or female, and the galvanized is screwed into it.
I had a water heater installed and the guy used a galvanized elbow at the top of the heater to connect the copper flex hoses is this proper?
No its not.. this is a cheap way of doing it... You'll need to watch the galvanized pipe as it'll begin to rust and eventually leak due to the heat... The best is to use copper...
How do you know if you have copper or steel drinking water pipes?
Galvanized pipe will be silver/gray color. Copper will be copper. Use a magnet, it'll stick to galvanized pipe but not to copper. Drinking water lines should not be black steel pipe.
Do you need pipe dope to connect brass pipe to copper pipe?
NO but you will need some type of sealent OR braze or soldering
What type of fitting do you use to connect PVC pipe to unthreaded galvanized pipe?
You can't. There is no fitting to do this. Galvanized has to be threaded.
Does galvanized pipe connect to a shark bite?
Male or female sharkbite adapter on threaded end of galvanized pipe or fitting. No other way.
Can you connect chromed steel pipe directly to copper or do you need a brass fitting between?
In order to connect a chromed steel pipe to a copper pipe, you will need a brass fitting. These two pipes will not fit into each other otherwise.
Can you mix black pipe with copper pipe on same low pressure system?
It is not the type of pipe that is important, it is what you are putting through it. Copper is commonly hooked to black pipe for gas lines. Black pipe for natural gas or propane and galvanized for water. Either can have copper attached to them. Due to the electrolytic decay caused by attaching dissimilar metals, you would need to use a dielectric union to connect galvanized steel to a copper pipe; otherwise the joint will rot away in a few years, assuming there is any moisture around the joint. Properly dried gases may not have this problem.
When replacing old galvanized pipe with copper should all the runs be the same?
yes
