Yes, It seems that bronze fittings are easy to find, but it's the bronze pipe nipples that failed to show up in any of my searches on this.
I suppose one could buy some bronze pipe and make the nipples (pipe threader needed) or pay a guy with a threader to do so. Kevin Puget Sound -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Norm of Bandersnatch Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 9:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Galvanic corrosion West Marine has bronze pipe fittings. Bronze has a reddish hue instead of the yellow hue of brass and is sometimes called "red brass". Norm S/V Bandersnatch Lying Julington Creek 30 07.695N 081 38.484W > [Original Message] > From: Bob Johnson <[email protected]> > To: Liveaboardnow <[email protected]> > Date: 2/10/2009 3:05:15 PM > Subject: [Liveaboard] Galvanic corrosion > > Norm's response to the thread on Bromine tablets in the AC strainer brought > up another related question. My Yanmar saildrive has a raw water seacock > that is a machining marvel in that the seats are machined so as not to use > aby gasket or o rings on the seating surfaces. The problem is that it is too > good for the application and I can not trust it to be fully closed because > of the pressure required to seat it. I'd like to replace it with a ball > valve but would need a short nipple to do so. Seems that bronze nipples are > not made as all I can find in the local and online chandleries is brass. It > would appear that I'd be changing one set of problems for another. Does > anyone know of a source for bronze pipe? > > Bob > PDQ 36 > Peace > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
