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Well after sitting the condenser in a bucket of hot water with a hose connected to one end and on full pressure for a day and a half, I ran out of patience. Over ordered the copper tube in case of stuff ups so decided to roll another, this time full of water. I filled the tube with water, kinked the ends with a pair of pliers then hard soldered the ends. Worked ok although the inner tube flattened marginally but the outer tube was fine. Not as pretty as the first one but hopefully it’ll do the job. I couldn’t get 1/4 inch fittings
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to connect the hose fitting so I stepped up from 1/4 to 3/8 then into the snap on fitting, soldering it all together. Wasn’t a tight fit so had a couple of leaks but eventually got it to seal.
Also did the same with my product condenser.
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3/4 tube with3/4 to 1/2 tee. Then soldered short pieces of 1/2 tube in each end. Then pushed 3/8 tube right through and soldered. I’ll cut the bottom tube to suit bench height when I’ve got it all together.
In the pic showing Boka head you can see a bucket behind. The condenser with salt still in there. Eventually it’ll clear I guess.