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Originally Posted by Hepar
@ theesotericone
, you mentioned you were a plumber once? If so, I've got a quick question for you. The hot water outlet is 1/2" and my faucet has fixed 3/8" lines. So, I bought a brass reducer. With a few wraps of teflon tape, it leaked. With no tape, it leaked even more. With SEVERAL wraps of teflon tape, leak finally stopped. Is that in any way normal? I ordered another reducer hoping that's the issue. Or should I just not touch it since there is no leak |
Link the adapter you purchased. Was the leak on the 1/2" angle stop side or the 3/8" faucet side?
The 1/2" fitting is NPT and those require pipe dope, Teflon tape, or both. The 3/8" fitting is a compression fitting. The thread count and pitch is different then NPT. Those should never require either tape or dope. There's a rubber seat washer in the sink supply line that creates the seal.
As long as you have the correct reducer and the leak was at the 1/2" side your fine. If the leak was at the 3/8 side you could have the wrong reducer or a bad washer in the sink line.
