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Soldering brass to copper
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 3:02 pm
by elitesniper
So im just wondering i have a 1/4 brass nipple and the output of my new air conditioner compressor has a small copper tube sticking out when i slide the nipple over it it is really snug and just like a fitting.. would it be ok to solder them togther just like copper to copper?
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 3:08 pm
by ALIHISGREAT
Should be since brass is an alloy of copper and zinc... i have also had brass solder fittings before (endfeed -> thread couplers for example) in brass.
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 4:44 pm
by Biopyro
Yes it would. Brass is often used for threaded endfeed fittings in the UK, as ALIHISGREAT said.
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 5:48 pm
by c11man
i would just use a compression fitting instead of soldering
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 6:03 pm
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 9:53 am
by metalmeltr
You should not have any problems. Plumbers solder brass to copper all of the time. Valves that are designed to be soldered to copper pipe have brass bodies.