Installation Guide

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COPPER TUBE AND SOLDER TYPE FITTINGS
1. Cut tube to length & remove
burr with le or scraper.
2. Clean outside of tube with
sandpaper or sand cloth.
3. Clean inside of tting with wire
brush, sand cloth or sandpaper.
4. Apply ux thoroughly to
inside of tting.
5. Apply ux thoroughly to
outside of tube - assemble
tube and tting.
6. Apply heat with torch. When
solder melts upon contact with
heated tting, the proper temp
for soldering has been reached.
Remove ame & feed solder to
the joint at one or two points
until a ring of solder appears at
the end of the tting.
1. Cut tube square with the cutter or ne hack
saw (32 tooth blade is recommended).
Remove Burr.
2. Clean outside end of copper tube thoroughly
with sand cloth or sandpaper equal depth of
tting. Leave no dark spots.
3. Clean inside of tting carefully to tube stop with
wire brush. Note: Sand cloth or sandpaper may
also be used.
4. Using a brush, apply light uniform coat of
soldering ux to the outside of the tube
and inside of the tting.
5. Slip tube into tting to tube stop. Turn tube
back and forth once or twice to distribute
ux evenly.
6. Apply heat uniformly around the tting with
torch. When solder melts upon contact with
heated tting, the proper soldering temperature
has been reached. Remove ame and feed
solder slightly off center at the bottom of the
joint. Proceed across the bottom of the tting
and up to the top center position. Return to
the starting point, and then proceed up the
incomplete side to the top, again, overlapping
the solder metal. Wipe off surplus solder with
a piece of cloth.
CAUTION: No not overheat the joint
or direct the ame into the face of the
tting cup. Overheating could burn the
ux, which will destroy its effectiveness
and the solder will not enter the joint
properly.