Plumbing whoas

[kkiel02]

Ok so I'm still plumbing my tank and after testing I today I have a couple drips. Nothing horrible just slow drips. The problem is two are between the bulkhead and where the plumbing starts. What should I do? They are very slow but I was told not to glue this part in order to not ruin the bulkhead. Any ideas? Will it eventually seal itself? As most drip into my sump or where my fuge will be.

[recoiljpr]

Ok so I'm still plumbing my tank and after testing I today I have a couple drips. Nothing horrible just slow drips. The problem is two are between the bulkhead and where the plumbing starts. What should I do? They are very slow but I was told not to glue this part in order to not ruin the bulkhead. Any ideas? Will it eventually seal itself? As most drip into my sump or where my fuge will be.

I may ask some stupid questions, but it's from my own *DOH* moments.

Does the washer on your bulkhead have ridges on it? I once put the ridges on the wrong way on a bulkhead and I suffered drips from the water seeping in between the ridges.

Where the pies go into the bulkhead is it a threaded or is it a push type? On the threaded ones you need to put a good amount of teflon tape in there. If it's a push type as much as I am aware, you do need to glue those.

[aquasport24]

If it's a glue type then how long did you let it cure? You support to let it cure for 24hrs.

[kkiel02]

It actually leaking between the bulkhead and the pipe. I let it cure for 24 hrs but where it's leaking from is the threaded area between the bulkhead and pipe. This is alot more frustrating than my 65 gallon was. Been at it for 2 days straight.

[aquasport24]

Can you hand tight the pipe anymore? if not then,it might be crossthreaded or not enough teflon tape like mentioned above.

[kkiel02]

I will try to retape it and see if that works. Maybe I needed more.

[secretweapons22]

You can get a reducing coupler, one that threads on the out side of the bulkhead and has a slip fitting that is reduced down to the pipe size you are using. This way you can teflon the bulk head and the reducer and glue the reducer and pipe ... that way you have no leaks and you can still remove when you need to.

[ErikH]

Just so you know the difference... You have plumbing woes. Plumbing WHOAS are when you forgot to bind your PVC on the pressured pipes. :D lol

[kkiel02]

LOL yep I had whoas when the ball valve was slightly open to the fuge. Which isn't even there yet.

[ErikH]

LOL OH SHNAP. :D

[Bill S]

Make SURE you don't overtighten the bulkheads. They should only be hand tight - anything more and you WILL have leaks. Use lots of teflon tape - Richard (CB Pets) told me about the heavier tapes, and they do work better.