03-26-2022, 04:47 PM
So I am going to confess to one of my knuckle head quirks. The reason I won’t list the parts is because I want the user to think about the purpose of the device, look at the picture, and spend some time in the plumbing aisle at Lowe’s learning about different fittings.
Why? Well, I am a knucklehead.
But more importantly, every Newell owner out there is going to deal with air leaks. And repairing them requires you to know air fitting types and sizes. No better opportunity than starting with the leak isolation device.
As you plumb it into different systems you will need to adapt to the fitting you are plumbing into. Again, you will need to know size and type of fitting to make that work.
My suggestion for those just starting this journey is to spend an hour in the plumbing aisle and buy pipe plugs in 1/8, 1/4, 3/8, and 1/2 NPT ( that is National Pipe Thread, the tapered thread you see in typical house work) Drill holes in the plugs and string them on a piece of wire.
Buy some cheap 1/4, 3/8, and 1/2 nylon tubing. Put short pieces on your wire stringer.
Also buy a 1/4, 3/8, and 1/2 compression fitting. Yeah, put them on the wire too.
If you can’t find the above items, ask for help.
Now you have a portable and ready made size and thread identification tool that will match over 90% of what you will find on the coach. Soon you will be able to identify size and thread by sight.
There is method to my madness, or perhaps it’s just madness.
Why? Well, I am a knucklehead.
But more importantly, every Newell owner out there is going to deal with air leaks. And repairing them requires you to know air fitting types and sizes. No better opportunity than starting with the leak isolation device.
As you plumb it into different systems you will need to adapt to the fitting you are plumbing into. Again, you will need to know size and type of fitting to make that work.
My suggestion for those just starting this journey is to spend an hour in the plumbing aisle and buy pipe plugs in 1/8, 1/4, 3/8, and 1/2 NPT ( that is National Pipe Thread, the tapered thread you see in typical house work) Drill holes in the plugs and string them on a piece of wire.
Buy some cheap 1/4, 3/8, and 1/2 nylon tubing. Put short pieces on your wire stringer.
Also buy a 1/4, 3/8, and 1/2 compression fitting. Yeah, put them on the wire too.
If you can’t find the above items, ask for help.
Now you have a portable and ready made size and thread identification tool that will match over 90% of what you will find on the coach. Soon you will be able to identify size and thread by sight.
There is method to my madness, or perhaps it’s just madness.
Richard and Rhonda Entrekin
99 Newell, 512
Maverick Hybrid Toad
Inverness, FL (when we're home )