how to tighten bulkhead? water torchure!

orthokardia · 01/30/2010, 05:08 PM

has anyone ever tries to tighten the bulkhead nut on a 100g rubbermaid water trough? it is too big for the channel locks and back too far for the pipe wrench. the slow drip is making me crazy.

thanks

-bart

andywe · 01/30/2010, 05:22 PM

Depending on the bulkheade, you need to use a faucet wrench or a spanner wrench...however heed this warning:

Bulkheads are not desgined to be tightened much past finger tight. On a tank you never use a wrench to install unless directed (Perfecto kits want you to go 1/4 turn past finger tight) or you can break the bulkhead and/or tank.

Are you sure the surface your mounting too is flat? Perhaps a uniseal might be more appropriate for how your trying to use it?

orthokardia · 01/30/2010, 05:37 PM

thanks for the quick reply. i use the term bulkhead loosely. it is a the through fitting that came with the trough. it has 1.25" fpt inside and a strange size outside. the "nut" is round with a flat spot on the top and bottom. i would guess the nut dia to be around 3".

poolkeeper1 · 01/30/2010, 05:41 PM

When I got mine I had to change that out for a real Bulkhead as I never got It to stop leaking until I put a sch 80 bulkhead on It! Just my 2 cents
Bill

orthokardia · 01/30/2010, 05:47 PM

what size sch 80 did you use? 1.5?

poolkeeper1 · 01/30/2010, 07:38 PM

I think so, I hooked a Dart pump to It so? On second thought I think It may be 2" The dart Is 1 1/2 out 2" In I think?
Bill

orthokardia · 01/30/2010, 08:23 PM

thanks a lot

01/30/2010, 05:08 PM	#1
orthokardia Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: manchester, tn Posts: 1,139	how to tighten bulkhead? water torchure! has anyone ever tries to tighten the bulkhead nut on a 100g rubbermaid water trough? it is too big for the channel locks and back too far for the pipe wrench. the slow drip is making me crazy. thanks -bart __________________ 185 gal SPS "The Pheonix", 300 gal SPS Dominant "Remember the signs" - C.S. Lewis The Silver Chair

01/30/2010, 05:37 PM	#3
orthokardia Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: manchester, tn Posts: 1,139	thanks for the quick reply. i use the term bulkhead loosely. it is a the through fitting that came with the trough. it has 1.25" fpt inside and a strange size outside. the "nut" is round with a flat spot on the top and bottom. i would guess the nut dia to be around 3". __________________ 185 gal SPS "The Pheonix", 300 gal SPS Dominant "Remember the signs" - C.S. Lewis The Silver Chair

01/30/2010, 05:47 PM	#5
orthokardia Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: manchester, tn Posts: 1,139	what size sch 80 did you use? 1.5? __________________ 185 gal SPS "The Pheonix", 300 gal SPS Dominant "Remember the signs" - C.S. Lewis The Silver Chair

01/30/2010, 08:23 PM	#7
orthokardia Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: manchester, tn Posts: 1,139	thanks a lot __________________ 185 gal SPS "The Pheonix", 300 gal SPS Dominant "Remember the signs" - C.S. Lewis The Silver Chair

01/30/2010, 05:22 PM	#2
andywe Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Mt Juliet, TN Posts: 1,995	Depending on the bulkheade, you need to use a faucet wrench or a spanner wrench...however heed this warning: Bulkheads are not desgined to be tightened much past finger tight. On a tank you never use a wrench to install unless directed (Perfecto kits want you to go 1/4 turn past finger tight) or you can break the bulkhead and/or tank. Are you sure the surface your mounting too is flat? Perhaps a uniseal might be more appropriate for how your trying to use it?

01/30/2010, 05:41 PM	#4
poolkeeper1 Moved On Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Spring Hill, TN Posts: 4,674	When I got mine I had to change that out for a real Bulkhead as I never got It to stop leaking until I put a sch 80 bulkhead on It! Just my 2 cents Bill

01/30/2010, 07:38 PM	#6
poolkeeper1 Moved On Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Spring Hill, TN Posts: 4,674	I think so, I hooked a Dart pump to It so? On second thought I think It may be 2" The dart Is 1 1/2 out 2" In I think? Bill