Remove the door handle or knob from the door completely. If you want to get the inner parts of your door handle or knob washed, you might as well unscrew the fittings and clean them on a table. Use cotton buds. Some gunk that sticks onto tight spaces needs to be wet to become loose...
Remove all the return fittings and skimmer baskets. Remove all the drain plugs from your filter system. Set the multiport valve to recirculate. Set the valve in front of your pump to the skimmer line. Attach your air compressor to the pump’s drain plug opening. You may need an adapter....
Remove Insulation: If you haveinsulated copper wire, strip the insulation carefully using appropriate tools. Remove liquid Contaminants: Clean contaminants like solder, paint, or oil. Cut off Solid Contaminants: Tubing may haveBrassfittings orTin coatingthat need to be removed. Sort and Separate: Or...
Copper is a great conductor of electricity and can be found inside wires and cables, but its durability is also excellent for things like water and oil pipes. If you find copper scrap, you are ready to sell it to your local scrap yard; it’s time to figure out how to separate it cor...
Cut along the inner line with a jigsaw. To get the jigsaw started, drill a hole on the line large enough to allow you to insert the blade. Remove the cutout, lower the sink in the hole and make sure it sits flat on the countertop on all sides. If not, widen the hole as needed....
Copper-to-PEX push fittings are available under the brand name Shark Bite. They are made of brass, which won't corrode copper, and are manufactured with internal tines that hold the pipes against an internal O-ring to make a watertight seal. As the name suggests, you simply push these fi...
Drinkable water is then filtered to remove microbes and can be warmed or chilled through various heat exchangers depending upon the use (food preparation, consumption, personal hygiene). Excess water produced by the fuel cells gets routed to a wastewater tank and subsequently dumped overboard. Outer...
Soft soldering is a technique used to join wires, fix electronic components onto circuit boards and bond copper pipes together. This tutorial shows you how to solder step by step.
Drinkable water is then filtered to remove microbes and can be warmed or chilled through various heat exchangers depending upon the use (food preparation, consumption, personal hygiene). Excess water produced by the fuel cells gets routed to a wastewater tank and subsequently dumped overboard. Outer...
The most basic and economical ball valve has slip fittings on both ends. The valve is glued onto the PVC pipe. Other options include the use of one or two true unions connections which make it easy to remove the valve for cleaning or temporarily remove hard piped equipment, like a return...