shortest weldless fitting (sticks into keggle least)? - Page 3

**bendavanza** · 02-20-2009, 01:12 AM

Ok so these swagelock fittings are for 1/2" tube, is that ID or OD?
I have a male welded fitting on my kettles, and need 1/2" female thread to 1/2" copper (5/8" OD). What do I need?
Thanks

**BargainFittings** · 02-20-2009, 04:10 AM

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Originally Posted by bdavanza

Ok so these swagelock fittings are for 1/2" tube, is that ID or OD?
I have a male welded fitting on my kettles, and need 1/2" female thread to 1/2" copper (5/8" OD). What do I need?
Thanks

Looking at their website Swagelok.com shows the tube fittings to be OD.

Boerderij_Kabouter · 02-20-2009, 12:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bdavanza

Ok so these swagelock fittings are for 1/2" tube, is that ID or OD?
I have a male welded fitting on my kettles, and need 1/2" female thread to 1/2" copper (5/8" OD). What do I need?
Thanks

The Swagelok fittings are sized for TUBING, which is sized by OD. If you have 5/8 OD tubing, you need a 1/2 NPT to 5/8 tube fitting.

SS-1010-2-8 elbow male to tube

SS-1010-8-8 elbow female to tube

SS-1010-1-8 Straight male to tube

SS-1010-7-8 Straight female to tube

Unfortunately, I don't see any with an easy Ebay search... One thing you can do is search "swagelok" on Ebay and sift through the many listings. It doesn't take long, and many people do not list the actual part number... good luck

hammer one · 02-20-2009, 01:19 PM

I have a few Swagelok S/S fittings that I use they are 1/2 OD compression but if you look at the NPT side there is only a 3/8ths or smaller hole. Whats up with that?

Boerderij_Kabouter · 02-20-2009, 01:50 PM

The internal dimension is 0.41 inch diameter.

here is the drawing.

**bendavanza** · 02-20-2009, 02:20 PM

ok thanks for the tips.
For the original poster, some brewers take a 1/2" female coupler and cut them in half, giving you two shorties, or you could just weld a full coupler more to the outside.