You shouldn’t use nor need pliers. The o rings will seal if you tighten them strongly by hand. Lube them up with red magic lube or similar non petroleum substitute. If you find a union is particularly tight use gloves or rags around it to protect your hands when tightening/loosening. Unfortunately too many times channel locks get used and that can chew up the unions and or break them.
Unfortunately I gave one of the unions a real haircut and lost about half of the spokes. Then I tightened by hand and just a little more with the filter wrench. Functional still but cosmetically now ugly. I think I can just buy a new nut if I am not mistaken.
Yes should be the case. Although if the nut is sealing fine in spite of it being ugly don’t invite trouble unless you’re really OCD.
Strap wrenches work better than a filter wrench - won’t ever destroy the spokes.Bit ocd but I can be talked down from it. Someone had really tightened that thing to no end.Yes should be the case. Although if the nut is sealing fine in spite of it being ugly don’t invite trouble unless you’re really OCD.
Nothing is worse for an ocd person with a pool than creating a drip or leak by preemptively trying to stop a non existent one, or inducing one while fixing aesthetics that are otherwise mechanically fine. Worry about it when it’s time for the new filter. Inevitably one simple thing will lead to 10 more less simple things. Our friend Murphy has a law about such things.
Ocd is a slap in the face not being alphabetical. I have CDO which is nicely organized, as it should be.
I was wrong this whole time. I thought it was a c-suite exec that played on Facebook and instagram for a living.
What needs cleaning? The only thing I've ever cleaned from pvc was if it fell and got dirty. I wiped it clean with a rag and got to gluing.
It says 2 hours above 60 degrees will be good to 180 psi.
