*&!# union fittings ... my nemesis!!!

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jblizzle

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Working on installing my new FlowVis and even after reminding myself 2 minutes earlier, 3 seconds after I seated the pipe/solvent into the FlowVis I realized I forgot to put the stupid nut part of the union on the pipe :rant: This would not be the first time I have done this. :hammer:

Given the limited area I am working in ... this was almost a few hundred $ disaster. After a few (more than a few) choice words I came up with a plan that should work. And then started cleaning the filter to decompress. That allowed me to think of a better plan, of cutting off the union and reversing the FlowVis since I have to use an external fitting on that side anyways. Current disaster averted ... the next one will cost me though :shock:

Moral of the story ... ALWAYS triple check you remember to put the nut on the union before you glue it on :mrgreen:
 
Even only a few seconds and I could not get the thing to budge.

On a higher note ... I JUST got the plumbing back together, DE filter ripped apart and cleaned and recharged with Fiber (with lots of pictures so I can make a tutorial), FlowVis and new liquid filled pressure gauge installed, and fired it up with no apparent leaks!!! :party:

So hopefully I will not have to touch the pad and filter again until next spring ... we will have to see how the fiber does instead of the DE.

Only thing I have left to do is get up on the roof and do a better job securing my solar panels :swim:
 
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