This is just a mini rant in my "why is everything I do so much harder than it should be?" Series.
This Friday I'm getting a new fridge. Old fridge goes into the garage.
Anyway, the old fridge is over two decades old and has been a reliable workhorse. It will go to light duty to serve out its remaining time.
The ice maker in it is fed by my reverse osmosis water system that uses 3/8" OD PET tubing. There's a simple coupler valve using push connect fittings to connect the plastic tubing that is part of the fridge. Easy peasy.
The NEW fridge comes with a screw port for 1/4" compression fittings, and will arrive with a 6 foot stainless hose with the compression fittings (female) on both ends.
So I need to adapt my 3/8 feed line to 1/4" compression fittings, with a valve in there.
I would assume there should be exactly this piece for sale, as my situation of replacing old fridge is hardly unique.
Bit apparently they don't make a 3/8 push to 1/4 comp valve. I have to use three pieces: a valve with 3/8 push on both ends, then a short length of 3/8, then a 3/8 push to 1/4 MIP, then a 1/4 MIP to 1/4 compression adapter.
WTH? Why is this so complicated? And so many joints introduce lots of failure modes.
Am I missing something?
This Friday I'm getting a new fridge. Old fridge goes into the garage.
Anyway, the old fridge is over two decades old and has been a reliable workhorse. It will go to light duty to serve out its remaining time.
The ice maker in it is fed by my reverse osmosis water system that uses 3/8" OD PET tubing. There's a simple coupler valve using push connect fittings to connect the plastic tubing that is part of the fridge. Easy peasy.
The NEW fridge comes with a screw port for 1/4" compression fittings, and will arrive with a 6 foot stainless hose with the compression fittings (female) on both ends.
So I need to adapt my 3/8 feed line to 1/4" compression fittings, with a valve in there.
I would assume there should be exactly this piece for sale, as my situation of replacing old fridge is hardly unique.
Bit apparently they don't make a 3/8 push to 1/4 comp valve. I have to use three pieces: a valve with 3/8 push on both ends, then a short length of 3/8, then a 3/8 push to 1/4 MIP, then a 1/4 MIP to 1/4 compression adapter.
WTH? Why is this so complicated? And so many joints introduce lots of failure modes.
Am I missing something?