McMaster carr part number

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Re: McMaster carr part number

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Re: McMaster carr part number

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1/4" copper tubing is 3/8" OD.... if you're going to use Ø 3/4" tubing for flue tubes, you had better bore a Ø 7/8" hole for it.
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Re: McMaster carr part number

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not disagreeing with you, just making an observation

https://www.homedepot.com/s/3%252F8%252 ... ing?NCNI-5
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Re: McMaster carr part number

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Bill Shields wrote: Tue Feb 26, 2019 7:22 am not disagreeing with you, just making an observation

https://www.homedepot.com/s/3%252F8%252 ... ing?NCNI-5
The designation or use is the key to the whole thing, not to say that a plumber cannot use refrigeration tubing or vice-versa but it is certainly sad to order a few hundred dollars worth of 3/8" tubing and find that it is 1/2" OD. The two rolls of copper on the left in the HD photo are 1/2"OD.
I never spent too much time doing plumbing, only when I was forced into it but sizing what you're working with is down right important. It's also important to refrain from changing hard fast and obvious rules.

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Re: McMaster carr part number

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My local Ace Hardware sells the coils of heavy wall tube. A long time ago I bought one coil each of 1/4 and 5/16 and still have a lot remaining after piping two locomotives.
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