facialhairtuesday
Member
A quick question about the flare fittings for my kegs:
I just took the dive into kegging (hooray no more bottling!!) and I got the ball lock QDs with the flare fitting, plus a shut-off valve with a flare fitting for the regulator. When I went to buy them at my LHBS, the guy told me that I needed a flare washer for the fitting on the regulator, and my question is why?
I use AN flare (37* flare) fittings all the time at work and I've used them on a number of cars that I've worked on, and the whole purpose of a flare fitting is that the flare provides a positive sealing surface (as opposed to NPT, where the seal is in the threads). Why are homebrew flares different?
I just took the dive into kegging (hooray no more bottling!!) and I got the ball lock QDs with the flare fitting, plus a shut-off valve with a flare fitting for the regulator. When I went to buy them at my LHBS, the guy told me that I needed a flare washer for the fitting on the regulator, and my question is why?
I use AN flare (37* flare) fittings all the time at work and I've used them on a number of cars that I've worked on, and the whole purpose of a flare fitting is that the flare provides a positive sealing surface (as opposed to NPT, where the seal is in the threads). Why are homebrew flares different?