installed my 2nd drip system.......but...

[keepinfish]

Ok so i have a drip on my bigger tank running for several months now and love it! It is ran off of the washer machine line, I just tee'd it and ran it through the attic and down the wall to my tank. Well i wanted to do my other tank, so i just cut the line in the attic and installed a compression fitting tee. Of course it leaked, i never can get compression fittings to hold water, i must be doing something wrong.
So i decided to go back to home depot and get a barbed tee (plastic) I tee'd off from there to feed my other tank.

The question i have is if it leaks, i will have a HUGE problem, wet sheet rock, insulation, ruin my wood floors....etc....

I am just wondering if there is a safer way of doing this, of if anybody has any suggestions, as it makes it hard to sleep at night wondering if it will start to leak

 

[jcardona1]

i always have problems with those compressions fittings as well, until i started using this little nipple fitting that goes INSIDE the line. did you use one of these along with the compression sleeve? after using one of those i never got any more leaks. without i find that the tubing gets crushed, warped, and starts to leak. i'd try it with one of these before using a barbed fitting

 

[keepinfish]

i always have problems with those compressions fittings as well, until i started using this little nipple fitting that goes INSIDE the line. did you use one of these along with the compression sleeve? after using one of those i never got any more leaks. without i find that the tubing gets crushed, warped, and starts to leak. i'd try it with one of these before using a barbed fitting

good pic! yes i used one of those. I was not sure if it pushes all the way on or just partially on. I kind of wondered if i was cutting the line while i was tightening. i tried hand tight plus 1/4 turn, it leaked so then i really starting turning it and it STILL leaked!

not sure what the problem was.

what do you think about the barbed fitting, trust it?

 

[jcardona1]

yeah it goes all the way in. maybe you damaged the compression sleeve while tightening? only other thing i can think of are those quick connect fittings like this. never had leaks with these either:

 

[keepinfish]

yeah it goes all the way in. maybe you damaged the compression sleeve while tightening? only other thing i can think of are those quick connect fittings like this. never had leaks with these either:

i actually bought that and the barbed tee, and ended up using the barbed tee because it looked very simple, and for being above me in the attic i wanted simple and something that seemed full proof. Now i am just doubting... lol

 

[flamenco-t]

Run the tee OUTSIDE the attic.

My drip line is originated in the garage where the dosmatic is. Right before going into the attic, I tee them off (one to fish room, one to the dining room where the big tank is).

In the fish room, I have a single line coming down from the ceiling, then I tee them off to each tank in the fish room

Inside the attic, I do not have any tee or connector to eliminate the possibililty of mishap.

stan

 

[flamenco-t]

NEVER leave anything to chance

 

[keepinfish]

Run the tee OUTSIDE the attic.

My drip line is originated in the garage where the dosmatic is. Right before going into the attic, I tee them off (one to fish room, one to the dining room where the big tank is).

In the fish room, I have a single line coming down from the ceiling, then I tee them off to each tank in the fish room

Inside the attic, I do not have any tee or connector to eliminate the possibililty of mishap.

stan

I was thinking that i should have tee'd off inside the laundry room where the water originates. I may buy more line and do that. If i had a leak in the laundry room nothing too bad would get damaged.

i just dont feel safe with a tee in the attic.