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   Sphere | May 02, 2009 07:00pm | #1

   Don't know, but doubt it.

   Here is your bumpity bump tho'.

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   xxPaulCPxx | May 02, 2009 07:15pm | #2

   I'm going to go out on a limb and say no. 

   The reason I don't think so - I don't think it can be done with galvy, black pipe, or any similar variation that requires pressure and longevity.  Pipes that end in thread have the precision engineering in the thread itself.  The actual diameters of the pipe matter very little compared to the precise angle of the cut threads.  This is why there is so much variation on the outside and inside of the steel pipe - it doesn't have to be any other way.  Those pipes will also have a seam on them.  The glavination process will also introduce alot of surface variation.

   I could envision something to do what you want, but I doubt it would actually be made.

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   Sphere | May 02, 2009 07:28pm | #3

   My thoughts too, but I was too lazy to type all that.

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   JeffBuck | May 02, 2009 07:32pm | #4

   for what it's worth I was curious enough to email them and ask.

   I'll let ya know what they say.

    

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   seeyou | May 02, 2009 08:11pm | #6

   I was curious enough to email them and ask.

   Duh - never thought of that. Thanks.http://www.quittintime.com/      View Image        

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   JeffBuck | May 03, 2009 10:46pm | #13

   email came back as undeliverable!

   I used the addy provided at the sharkbite site.

    

   oh well ... back to square one.

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   brucet9 | May 02, 2009 08:00pm | #5

   They make brass PEX-to-NPT fittings, so you could cut and thread two legs of the pipes connected by the tee and un-thread the least damaged one.

   (http://www.ardipex.com/pex-fittings.php)

   Could it be that the tee is leaking because of galvanic corrosion due to copper connected to galvanized pipe?

   If you haven't already done so, I'd change out the galv-cu connections for dielectric unions to prevent further galvanic corrosion.

   BruceT
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   seeyou | May 02, 2009 08:18pm | #7

   They make brass PEX-to-NPT fittings,

   Yeah - I know I could do that, but I can get further up into the wall if I could connect to other than a threaded end. I have plans to redo the baths in the next year or two, so I was trying to get rid of all but the last couple of feet of galvy in the wall behind tile I'm not willing to demo yet.

   Could it be that the tee is leaking because of galvanic corrosion due to copper connected to galvanized pipe?

   Almost certain it is. Won't be much of a problem if I can get rid of almost all of it, especially any connections.http://www.quittintime.com/      View Image        

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   BillHartmann | May 02, 2009 08:39pm | #8

   AFAIK pipe, of any type, is spec'd by the ID. And the OD will vary.Tubing is spec'd by the OD. That is why you use 5/8" compression fittings on 1/2 copper pipe.However, by design or accident, they made the OP of copper pipe, PEX and CPVC match so that things like sharkbites work. There is a line of PVC, sch 40 that does not match up.I doubt that the OD, which is sealing edge, will match up and probably not smooth enough.About 5-7 years ago I had a similar problem. What I did was use a steel compression repair coupling like this.http://tinyurl.com/dncrgsOn the one side was the cut galy. On the other side I used 6" brass nipple, threaded on one end (probably used a stock one threaded on both). I wanted the brass as it was strong enough to not collapse from the compression fitting. Also it is a good intermediate on the electrical scale (galvanic chart). Then a copper MPT to solder adapter.Held ever since..
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   rich1 | May 03, 2009 01:13am | #10

   Pipe is OD.  Wall thickness changes with schedule.  

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   BillHartmann | May 03, 2009 02:00am | #12

   You are right. I and I knew that. .
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   brucet9 | May 02, 2009 11:04pm | #9

   "Almost certain it is. Won't be much of a problem if I can get rid of almost all of it, especially any connections."Galvanic corrosion will be accelerated when the ratio of copper to steel increases. It would be good to isolate the cu-galv connections ASAP, since the only remaining galvanized is in locations where you can't reach.Good luck.
   BruceT

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   yojimbo2 | May 03, 2009 01:28am | #11

   Why not use a union fitting at that joint, come out of that with copper, and then use the shark bite?