Meindert Sprang wrote:

This same wise plumber also should have told to to stop one quarter turn
before breaking... ;-)

When installing threaded tank fittings, one full turn past hand-tight
plus enough to aim an elbow, no more...even if half the threads are
still showing. Overtightening may not cause the female "collar" to
crack immediately, but changes in temperature etc will do it sooner or
later. The longest I've ever seen it take was 8 months.

And to add to the use of teflon tape: I have regularly used it at pressures
up to 80 psi without any sign of leakage.

As have I. The only times I've ever seen it leak, replacing the male
fitting solved the problem.

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Peggie
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Peggie Hall
Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987
Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and
Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor"
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