How long to heat the brass fitting

07-22-2009, 07:55 PM	#1
jgs1951 Newbie   Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 10	How long to heat the brass fitting When sweating a brass fitting to a copper pipe, how long should you heat up the brass fitting before you move the flame to the joint where the copper pipe joins the brass fitting? I will probably be using map gas. Thanks

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07-22-2009, 08:20 PM	#2
johnnyboy Member   Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 204	How long to heat the brass fitting I dunno 15-20 seconds? Never counted you just see the solder flow nicely and you know you got it. You never really "heat the joint" you heat the object i.e. a fitting or valve at the thickest part, you want to draw solder into the joint, not just melt solder onto the joint.

07-22-2009, 10:19 PM	#3
jgs1951 Newbie   Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 10	How long to heat the brass fitting Thanks Johnnyboy, you saved me from making a mistake