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Great68 t1_j747pcm wrote
Reply to comment by Charlielx in Sharkbite connectors PSA by InfiniteCurrency8
Thank you!
It seems completely forgotten that I said this line in my first post of this entire chain:
>"I'm not saying that it's impossible for sharkbites to fail more frequently, I'm just saying there has been no objective proof to this day that they actually do."
Reddit sometimes.
Great68 t1_j73bwvf wrote
Reply to comment by BigSquatchee2 in Sharkbite connectors PSA by InfiniteCurrency8
Ok, show this data then?
Pardon me for having an open mind until I actually see some data proving otherwise. I don't live life on the subjective opinions of others.
Fuck people seem to take such personal offense over their precious "soldered fittings" here.
And LOL at the "you represent sharkbite" comment, good one. What a stupid comment, would be like me saying you represent big copper.
Great68 t1_j739avo wrote
Reply to comment by adisharr in Sharkbite connectors PSA by InfiniteCurrency8
I'm not sure why you think you can state that it can't without data to prove it.
Great68 t1_j738ole wrote
Reply to comment by adisharr in Sharkbite connectors PSA by InfiniteCurrency8
>In no way is a SharkBite fitting ever going to be as solid as a soldered
And what I'm saying is, prove this with objective data.
Show me a MTBF chart of sharkbites vs copper fittings.
Great68 t1_j735s1a wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Sharkbite connectors PSA by InfiniteCurrency8
There are a lot of instances of copper joints within walls failing and causing damage.
I have yet to see any real studies or data to prove that sharkbite fittings fail more frequently than copper joints over time, other than anecdotal posts and comments like these online.
I'm not saying that it's impossible for sharkbites to fail more frequently, I'm just saying there has been no objective proof to this day that they actually do.
Great68 t1_j72qgae wrote
Reply to comment by Discoveryellow in Sharkbite connectors PSA by InfiniteCurrency8
Have had sharkbite braided water heater hoses to my hot water tank going on 8 years now with no issues. Maybe one day I'll get around to making it "permanent" lol.
Great68 t1_iydczt2 wrote
Reply to How do I choose the right screws? by AmbitiousJuly
>does that matter other than aesthetically?
In this case the wood surrounding the window is just trim for aesthetics (and also super prone to splitting because it's just thin wood), so the split is not going to harm anything, just looks ugly.
But yeah as others have mentioned, drill a pilot hole. Choose a drill bit the same diameter as the screw's shank (the threadless part in the middle), but smaller than the threads.
Great68 t1_iu6kqnx wrote
Reply to comment by jeffersonairmattress in [Help] Please advise on how to safely remove an old garage door spring (existing guides are all for new styles of torsion spring) by moron_that_later
>Tracks are for rollup or torsion spring doors- tilters and floders use pivots counterbalanced by tension springs.
Nope, My garage door is on tracks and uses tension springs.
Great68 t1_jc7u5d2 wrote
Reply to comment by abark006 in Tiny data centre used to heat public swimming pool by je97
Yeah I'm a bit skeptical as well, maybe I just need more details. The last pool mechanical system I worked on was sized for ~300kW of heat for a simple 6 lane, 25m pool.