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copper 54mm x 2inch adapters

Postby Anavrin » Sun May 18, 2014 7:55 pm

Found these adapters at a good price over here in the UK, they are end feed 54mm copper and come with either female or male thread, I've just ordered one of each for my boka build, so I can split my column between my condenser section and my main column.

http://www.bhl.co.uk/ef02-endfeed-adapt ... emale.html
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Re: copper 54mm x 2inch adapters

Postby YHB » Mon May 19, 2014 12:40 pm

I may be proven wrong but anyone expecting these fittings to be made of copper may be dissapointed.

They have been mentioned a few times before and each time turn out to be brass. Its not the end of the world but if you choose not to have brass in contact with the spirits then you may want to consider tinning them with solder.

If you are looking for an all copper demountable connection then a cheaper way and a quicker way of breaking the joint is as follows:

Use a 54mm straight connector and solder it to the bottom half of the joint, in this case the column. This will then give you a 54mm socket for the condenser to fit into, I seal this half of the joint with a silicone band that I cut from mini muffin moulds from the pound shop, I got 12 bands for a pound and have never needed to buy more

To break the joint I roll down the silicone band - think condom - to remake the joint mount the condenser and unroll the band over the joint.

3 pounds all in!
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Re: copper 54mm x 2inch adapters

Postby vino-tinto » Mon May 19, 2014 3:58 pm

As YHB said the simplest way is a straight connector. I use the same method to swap my LM & VM heads. I vandalised the other half's silicon Yorkshire pudding dish. :o ;D
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Re: copper 54mm x 2inch adapters

Postby Anavrin » Mon May 19, 2014 8:10 pm

According to the description the material is copper so if it's not they're going back for a refund,

Think I have a straight copper connector knocking about somewhere, I agree it's a much cheaper and simplier way of doing it, maybe I was too excited about the "screwability" of the connectors!!

If that's even a word lol

Might be worth keeping one of them if the thread is compatible with the thread found on threaded tri clamp fittings but I've got a feeling the tri clamps have NTP thread and the connector will be BSP
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