[AT] OT, one of those days, a Monday

[Cecil Bearden]

I replumbed my airstream years ago with polybutylene.  It only gets used 
rarely so it is probably ok..   It has not been moved in 13 years now..

cecil

On 5/22/2020 11:29 AM, Steve W. wrote:
> Cecil Bearden wrote:
>> The refrigerator is in my Dad's old manuf home.  We are using it 
>> while  I get the polybutylene plumbing changed over from our home I 
>> built in 85.  I did not get in on the class action suit  that awarded 
>> 10K for each household.  The pipe does not go bad, it is the 
>> fittings.  I have had 3 fitting breaks,  the first one I did not 
>> realize it was a problem with the fittings.   After reading the 
>> reports on the studies done on the fittings which are acetyl, 
>> Chlorine leaches the binder out of the acetyl and the fittings gets 
>> very brittle.   The fittings I have replaced are white inside instead 
>> of grey like PVC conduit when they are installed.  I have adapted the 
>> short runs under cabinets over to PEX with brass adapter fittings. 
>> However, each run in the wall behind a fixture has to have the wall 
>> cut out and either repaired or an access plate installed. I still 
>> have to replumb the laundry room, a toilet and sink in the garage, 
>> and the run to the icemaker in the kitchen.  Then I have 4 elbows in 
>> my mechanical room where everything comes together to replace.
>>
>> The refrigerator is one that my wife's grandmother bought in about 
>> 1984 and replaced the 12 year old one in Dad's home.  The problem is 
>> where it sits is in the kitchen passageway to the back door and 
>> washer dryer bathroom and everything.  Pulling it out requires a lot 
>> of help, and removing it is even worse.  It has to go out the front 
>> door.  I will keep the refrig at 36deg or lower. I think the 
>> defroster heater element shorted out and stuck the timer or the 
>> thermostat switch.  I removed the upper panel in the refrig and did 
>> not find the timer.  The pressure of trying to repair it and save 
>> whatever is in the refrigerator/freezer and the tight access just 
>> makes it a pain to work on.  Especially when I have a 5 hour repair 
>> on the New Holland.  I am waiting on the sun to get behind the shade 
>> tree so I can finish it....
>> Farming is easy, it is the other distractions that make it a problem...
>> Cecil
>>
>
> The trailer I'm in has that same plumbing, Only saving grace is we 
> have well water with no chlorine, but I'm planning on doing a replumb 
> of it with PEX anyway.
>