[Public-list] Bronze NPS thread pipe cap source?

[George Dinwiddie]

Mike Lehman wrote:
> Well, since I was mentioned in the original post, I suppose I should 
> chime in. When I capped off my thru hull fittings, I just went to the 
> hardware store and bought some bronze caps and screwed them on. I never 
> really paid any attention to the type of threads or whether or not I was 
> going to bugger up the threads on the thru-hull fitting, because I knew 
> that it was temporary and I planned to eliminate the thru-hull anyway, 
> so I just honkered down on it to make sure it didn't leak.

I really think that's sufficient.  You might want to use some pipe dope 
like RectorSeal to give added sealing.

I think this is much better than leaving old brass valves such as the 
gate valves Whitby put into Calypso.  They crumbled when I went to 
remove them.  They were, by the way, NPT threads on top of the NPS 
through-hulls.

  - George

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