Pooling water in shutoff

12-22-2011, 01:03 AM	#1
Wapmiasomey Newbie   Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 19	Pooling water in shutoff So I just soldered in 2 new shutoffs straight out of the packages. I soldered with them open, then closed them after. After a couple days I noticed water pooling inside them. They have have never been turned on while the main was on. You can see dust on the water surface of one pic. Are they both bad? Thanks. Attached Thumbnails

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12-22-2011, 10:02 AM	#2
Bud Cline Tileguy     Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,104	Pooling water in shutoff Did you over-heat them and ruin the seals? Are you planning on soldering to them again to complete a circuit?

12-22-2011, 10:47 AM	#3
Wapmiasomey Newbie   Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 19	Pooling water in shutoff Maybe I overheated them. It was my very first solder ever and I don't know. I do need to complete the circuit yet.

12-22-2011, 11:34 AM	#4
joecaption Member   Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Hartfield VA Posts: 18,192	Pooling water in shutoff I may be wrong but those look like tapered gas valves not ones made for water. A water ball valve would be just that a ball inside of it.