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1. Melvin Waldron

   

   43 posts
   
   6/10/2015 4:06 PM

   Do you all use Teflon tape when screwing in the swing joint to your tee fitting or do you use the Teflon pipe thread sealant type stuff? The rest of the swing joint has O-rings in them.
   
   Thanks!
   
   Mel

   
   Melvin H. Waldron III, CGCS, Horton Smith Golf Course, City of Springfield/Greene County MO
   
   
2. Andrew Cross

   

   5 posts
   
   6/10/2015 5:06 PM

   Always tape on NPT threads. We have toro heads and all heads say on bottom "Use No Pipe Dope"

   
   
   
   
3. Steven Flagstad

   

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   6/10/2015 7:06 PM

   tape

   
   
   
   
4. Mowrey Mark S

   
   6/10/2015 8:06 PM

   Tape only, the sealant types will harden and break off into little pieces that will block the orifices in the actuator. The newer Teflon tape is expensive but you don't generally need over 4 layers. Trust it, it works.

   
   
   
   
5. Wahlin Scott B

   
   6/10/2015 9:06 PM

   It seems like everything involved with swing joints had o-rings towards the end of my career. My irrigation guy ordered all that stuff and I think they were called ACME fittings? When I was doing irrigation I used tape the the joints dripped for a day or two then sealed up.

   
   
   
   
6. Peter Bowman

   

   11 posts
   
   6/11/2015 12:06 AM

   Scott Wahlin, CGCS said: ... When I was doing irrigation I used tape the the joints dripped for a day or two then sealed up.

   
   
   When I was doing irrigation and did joints I don't remeber what I used

   
   
   
   
7. Melvin Waldron

   

   43 posts
   
   6/11/2015 9:06 AM

   I'm a tape guy myself, but the guys fixing most of my stuff like the pipe dope. So giving them the benefit of the doubt I thought I would check with others. We don't use it going into the heads, It was what they had learned from years ago. We still have a lot of Rain Bird 51's so they aren't acme thread, only when we have replaced heads with Eagles are we seeing acme thread and we have to use an adapter.
   
   Thanks!
   
   Mel

   
   Melvin H. Waldron III, CGCS, Horton Smith Golf Course, City of Springfield/Greene County MO
   
   
8. Wahlin Scott B

   
   6/11/2015 2:06 PM

   Peter Bowman, CGCS said: When I was doing irrigation and did joints I don't remeber what I used

   
   
   I did some of my best work on joints.

   
   
   
   
9. Mike Tanis

   

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   6/11/2015 2:06 PM

   Scott Wahlin, CGCS said:

   Peter Bowman, CGCS said: When I was doing irrigation and did joints I don't remeber what I used

   
   
   I did some of my best work on joints.

   
   
   Lol, awesome