john guest size for 1/4id braided vinyl tubing?

[SanPancho]

stats claim it to be 7/16 OD. but stupid lowes/HD only have push connects in more "standard" sizes like 1/4, 3/8, 1/2. if this was regular vinyl i'd cram it into the next smaller size, but since its thicker walled and braided i'm guessing you'd have to go up to 1/2? but then you've got some play there and i'd worry it wont get an airtight fit. do NOT want co2 /air leaks in this application.

anybody used this tubing with john guest or push connects successfully?

 

[kiwipen]

I don't think vinyl tubing and push fit are compatible. You'd need a push fit stem with a hose barb.

Something like this:

 

[SanPancho]

Vinyl will work. Its just that this particular tubing is an odd od size.

I thought about the stems but nobody that im aware of has them locally. Ill have to just use hose barbs. Was hoping for push connection so I could disassemble quickly.

 

[day_trippr]

Yeah, you won't find many if any stems in big box stores, and certainly never the one you want
fwiw, I got most of my ptcs through freshwatersystems.com. They carry a lot of ptc lines and a plethora of types for each...

Cheers!

 

[SanPancho]

Yeah. Used them before. Just bummed that as convenient as JG stuff is if you go outside of what’s readily available you’re screwed. I don’t really want to sit on a bag of 25 or 50 stems when i so rarely use them. But i also balk at paying 9 bucks to ship $2 worth of parts.
Youd think somewhere local thered be a place that stocks the whole assortment but ive never found it.

 

[day_trippr]

What size stems do you need? I gave most of them to another HBTer but I still have five 3/8" OD to 1/4" barb stem inserts I could mail you for gratis - I'll never use them again...
https://www.freshwatersystems.com/products/john-guest-stem-barb-connector-3-8-od-stem-x-1-4-id-barb
Cheers!

 

[SanPancho]

****, those would work. I’ll pm you my info.