Does anyone in the Jersey shore NJ area have a copper swaging tool?

**flananuts** · 06-08-2009, 09:24 PM

I'm working on a herms project and I need to stretch my 1/2 copper soft tubing heat exchanger in order to sweat to std copper pipe. If anyone knows of another option or they actually make fittings i can use directly, I would really appreciate it. It's the last issue I need to deal with so I can start leak testing.

Thanks

Flananuts

78kombi · 06-09-2009, 12:34 AM

you need to go to a refrigeration supplier..not plumbing supplies, the differences you are experiencing are because there are those differences between the two...

**flananuts** · 06-09-2009, 11:54 AM

Thanks for the response. I know there's differences between std copper and refrigeration copper, just wondered if anyone actually knew if there are in fact fittings that will connect one to the other.

**Bobby_M** · 06-09-2009, 02:50 PM

Yes, it's really really easy. Your 1/2" refrigeration tubing fits into fittings marked as 3/8". What you need is a 1/2" to 3/8" reducing coupling and Lowes stocks them.

**flananuts** · 06-09-2009, 09:05 PM

Thanks Bobby

Picking up tonight and gettin to sweatin, copper that is!