I am setting up an ato and am looking for a bulkhead that connects to 1/4 OD water line. I've looked online and am not really finding anything. I'm wanting to set up a drain line off of a 5 gallon bucket or a small waste basket to gravity feed into a float valve in my sump and thought the bulkhead would be the easy way to hook it up. Any ideas or sources for this part?
Where can I buy a tiny bulkhead?
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That second one has some stainless steel on it, I'd be wary of anything like that.
A lot of the push to fits, like sharkbite fittings, are plastic on the outside but have little metal teeth that grip the tube inside. Idk if that's how the linked one works, but I'd double check since you say drain so I'm thinking it'll be submerged.
A lot of the push to fits, like sharkbite fittings, are plastic on the outside but have little metal teeth that grip the tube inside. Idk if that's how the linked one works, but I'd double check since you say drain so I'm thinking it'll be submerged.
I have some line with the float that I would describe as 1/4" pex line. Is that rigid enough?
US Plastics carries anything and everything, can be pricey shipping though. A uniseal would work pretty well I would think. be careful with the john guest type bulkheads the majority of the two ended ones are not intended to be submerged and will leak if you use them with one side submerged. I tried several styles for my ATO tank and all leaked (thru the center of the push fitting somehow) I ended up using a 1/4" threaded pvc bulkhead with a run of the mill JG pushfit connector screwed into it on the outside of the tank.
JACO bulkheads however are solid plastic and don't leak if you can find them. otherwise the JACO in line coupling fittings work ok as a bulkhead, you just have to find a sealing O'ring for the flange side to make it watertight (faucet section of the hardware store should have some), and a little silicone never hurts. May be hard to get them to seal on a round tank though, that was my issue. on a flat spot this works pretty well.
JACO bulkheads however are solid plastic and don't leak if you can find them. otherwise the JACO in line coupling fittings work ok as a bulkhead, you just have to find a sealing O'ring for the flange side to make it watertight (faucet section of the hardware store should have some), and a little silicone never hurts. May be hard to get them to seal on a round tank though, that was my issue. on a flat spot this works pretty well.
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