The PEX Crimp starter kit is great for a DIY or professional looking to get started with PEX Plumbing or the PEX Crimp System specifically.
This kit contains the following products:
| Type: | Crimp |
|---|---|
| Fitting System Compatibility: | Crimp Clamp |
| Tubing Compatibility: | PEX |
| PEX Size: | 1/2" 3/4" |
| Tubing Type: | Non-Oxygen Barrier |
| Length: | 200 ft. (1/2") 200 ft. (3/4") |
The pex tubing in this kit is pex B.
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Please refer to the link below. http://pexsupply.blogspot.com/2011/08/pex-crimp-vs-pex-clamp-fittings.html
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There are several varieties of PEX fittings. These include crimp, clamp, press, expansion, compression, and push-fit. You would use the crimping tool if you need to make a PEX fitting connection and you opt to use the crimp method.
A go-no-go gauge is used on crimp rings after a fitting has been made. If a ring does not fit into the gauge at all, or goes all the way through to the bottom, the fitting was made incorrectly. This is demonstrated in our PEX crimping video ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnZorlmOOf8 ). The rusting you mention would occur on any ferrous metal that the water touches throughout the heating system. The outer baseboard covers and inner copper elements would be unaffected. It is mainly an issue for cast iron circulator pumps and boilers.
The gauge tool measures the outside diameter of the finish crimped connection. Too big? Crimp more so it grips the pex tubing. 2) oxygen getting inside the lines will corrode the inside of and cast iron or galvanized pipe or circulation pumps which are typically cast iron housing. The metal in most hydronic baseboards are copper with aluminum heat sink fins.. Of which neither oxygen effects much at all, or takes very long time. Mind you, this is happening on the inside of the components.
You can use 3/4" PEX in a baseboard system, but you should use PEX with an oxygen barrier to prevent rusting in the system. This package includes non-oxygen barrier tubing.
PEX, since it is able to expand, is more freeze-resistant than copper. Still, PEX is not freeze-proof. It can burst if water freezes.