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> daestrom wrote:
>
>>>> $3 Dawn 100D saddle T hose
>>>> ..................... clamp
>>>>-----------------------------------------------------
>>>>-----------------------------------------------------
>>>> . ^ 1" PE pipe . tape
>>>> . | . tape
>>>> . -- " ID . tape
>>>>-----------------------------------------------------
>>>>----------------------------------------------------- fpt--
>>>> . . bbb----------mpt \
>>>> mht
>>>> . .
>>>> | ---
>>>> . <== cold from 3/4" | garden
>>>> . lower part of water male | hose
>>>> . heater tank adapter | adapter
>>>> . .
>>>> | ---
>>>> . . bbb----------mpt /
>>>> mht
>>>>----------------------------------------------------- fpt--
>>>>-----------------------------------------------------
>>>> gw . ^ 3/4" PE pipe . tape
>>>> flow . | . tape
>>>> ===> . -- " OD . tape
>>>>-----------------------------------------------------
>>>>-----------------------------------------------------
>>>> ..... ..... hose
>>>> . . clamp
>>>> . 3/4" FPT .
>>
>>Why not just a 1" external pipe cap with a hole for the 3/4 pipe to extend
>>out from? ISTM that it would be easier to seal around the 3/4 pipe in the
>>1 inch cap than to build up with tape.
>
> This may be a matter of taste. To me, the tape (less than 1/16") seems
> easier,
> (maybe something instead of electrical tape?) even with low-pressure
> greywater,
> and I've never seen a PE (black water pipe) cap, except the ones on the
> ends
> of new rolls to keep them clean.
>
>> . Sorry, my ASCII-art skills are no where up to yours, you'll have to
>>try and picture what I mean :-)
>
> Neon and I like vi. My Berkeley friend Dave says "We're all unix out
> here."
>

vi??? BAH!!! a poor second to emacs.

(text editors are like politics, best not discussed at the dinner table :-)

daestrom