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Originally Posted by Bill Douglas
New Zealand. We only use solder for electrical wires in cars LOL. Maybe it's all the earthquakes we get here; our plumbing joints need to be extra strong. All the plumbers I've seen on the job have used oxt acetlene (spelling) for any copper work. Regulations here say it must be copper for one meter either side of the hot water cylinder then polybutalene is ok from that point on.
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Interesting, here in the US of A you can't use pb pipe anymore for drinkable water. I've always used solder w/ propane on copper up to 1" with no problems for water piping. I think if you are sweating pipe for air conditioning you should braze.
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