Is anyone else using Teflon Thread Sealant Compound on schraeder valves/caps ??

[hvacfella]

IVe had good luck using this sort of Thread Compound Paste on refrigerant leaks that occur due to the schreader cores' gasket leaking minutely (typically over the course of a cold winter).

What are you guys using , if anything ?

[bb]

We prefer o-ringed caps. if your refering to service caps, i would agree.

[ultratec]

Nothing, Replace the core. Any crap you put on there gets in your hoses. If you dont have the proper tool to replace the core, use a cap w/ the rubber gasket in it or install a schrater tee, female flare w/ pin depresser on the bull or run, and two usable 1/4" acsess ports.

[tinknocker service tech]

i always replace the cores and install o-ring caps

[NormChris]

I just braze em up. Never have any leakage after that.

[ultratec]

Originally posted by NormChris

I just braze em up. Never have any leakage after that.

Hey Norm, I think I was working on one of your machines the other day, you did a nice job filling the little hole on the 1/4" male acsses ports, my hoses went on, my gauges read 0, butmy suction line was sweating and my hot gas was hot.... I couldnt understand that LMAO...

[NormChris]

Originally posted by ultratec

Originally posted by NormChris

I just braze em up. Never have any leakage after that.

Hey Norm, I think I was working on one of your machines the other day, you did a nice job filling the little hole on the 1/4" male acsses ports, my hoses went on, my gauges read 0, butmy suction line was sweating and my hot gas was hot.... I couldnt understand that LMAO...

It is a sealed system. Field Sealed!

[markco]

Teflon tape on the threads, then after the caps are put on, black tape. After the black tape is put on, then cork tape. Then thumb gum. No leaks.

[Jultzya]

...the same BOZO that's been doing shiit like this too?



As well as putting thread sealant on flare fittings!

[filterchanger]

I wouldnt use teflon on the service ports, just change the core and replace cap with one that has the o ring, I do use teflon on the main body caps though. If i didnt do this and replaced the valves instead. I would be replacing so called bad service valves everyday.

[control_noob]

You guys are forgetting that "hvacfella" is not even in the trade... that's why he has such hare-brained ideas. And before you protest Dave, being an "HVAC owner" does not qualify as being in the trade.

[smokin68]

Originally posted by jultzya
...the same BOZO that's been doing shiit like this too?



As well as putting thread sealant on flare fittings!

Nah.....If I did it you'd see the channel lock thread marks and they'd be much more rounded off after I put the gorilla grip to 'em.