I have a kettle with three welded 1/2" npt fittings. One is the out, one is the thermometer and the last one was capped.
For christmas, I received a pump and wanted to give it a go for whirlpooling during cooling with an immersion cooler. So I installed a ball valve and barb fitting.
I assumed that the inside of the kettle was threaded like the outside. nope. The threads are only tapped from the outside. I was hoping to simply install a 90° fitting inside the kettle to get the swirl action going.
That's not happening.
Anyone know of a workaround that does not involve cutting another hole in the kettle for a weldless fitting?
For christmas, I received a pump and wanted to give it a go for whirlpooling during cooling with an immersion cooler. So I installed a ball valve and barb fitting.
I assumed that the inside of the kettle was threaded like the outside. nope. The threads are only tapped from the outside. I was hoping to simply install a 90° fitting inside the kettle to get the swirl action going.
That's not happening.
Anyone know of a workaround that does not involve cutting another hole in the kettle for a weldless fitting?