[Shop-talk] more water heater

[Mark Watson]

Hi John & All,

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> I had a hell-of-a time trying to sweat the fittings as the cutoff valve in 
> the yard,
> and the existing ones at the hot water leaked.
>
> This was before I learned the bread trick.
>
> John

    Of course you could be really wacko like I was - I used my oxy-acetylene 
torch to solder up some fittings - amazing how the extra heat vaporized the 
water faster than it collect and suck away the heat.  Of course I had to 
balance that with not melting the copper or overheating the solder but it 
worked for me.

    Great discussion!

Mark Watson
1956 Daimler Regency Mk II '104' <-- long term resto project
1965 Ford Falcon <-- shorter term (I hope!) repair project
various other transportation pods