Another Way To Tap A Can For Bob Nite S81You Need Following Material

[spoonpluggergino]

You need following material, found all at Home depot

 

1 Saddle piercing valve LFA-50

Plumbers copper strap, or anything like string or very light chain

two electrical ties

DO NOT USE PIERCING VALVE TO PIERCE THE CAN, IT WILL CAVE THE WALLS, we are drilling the hole, instruction below

 

Take piercing valve out from valve body

install valve body, rubber leak stop in to two hole metal 1/2 clamp

assemble strap wire ties and valve body

slide assembly down to the bottom of the can

snug the wire ties fairly tight, but not to tight, so the walls of the can caves in

put can on the side with valve body facing up drill a 5/64 hole through the valve body

put back piercing valve, tighten packing and you are done

[hazmail]

Well done Gino, I have been thinking of getting on my lathe and making something like this out of a brass tap (faucet over there) ,,,, Never knew these existed, I have seen them used for street gas lines and they are big and  plastic, which would disappear in no time with M.C----good find mate, this opens up a whole new world for moisture cure.----------Just bought TWO .

Thanks --Pete

Edited August 13, 2016 by hazmail

[spoonpluggergino]

I am so glad to help, everyone on TU are great people. The idea for tapping the can it's not mine, I just figured out how to make a better mouse trap

Gino

[ravenlures]

Does the valve get stuck after use, and after you create a vacumm will the MCU come out.

Wayne