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Compression Pipe Tee Size

Sparky1972 · 2020-11-12 09:39:16

Hi All, My water is on 1/2" PEX pipe and I have taken a tee off it for washing machine supply. The tee's I am using are 15mm metric which is labelled on the tee nut, eventhough the cardboard label on the tee says Imperial measurement, seems strange, I bought the tee's in Woodies. I wonder is this a error on Woodies side.…

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12-11-2020 10:39am

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Sparky1972

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Hi All,
My water is on 1/2" PEX pipe and I have taken a tee off it for washing machine supply. The tee's I am using are 15mm metric which is labelled on the tee nut, eventhough the cardboard label on the tee says Imperial measurement, seems strange, I bought the tee's in Woodies. I wonder is this a error on Woodies side.

Are 15mm tee's suitable for 1/2" pipe?

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#2 12-11-2020 3:44pm
DublinDilbert

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A 15mm compression fitting will work on a 1/2 inch pipe, provided you change the olives to imperial ones. The fitting probably is 15mm, but they have changed the olives supplied with it for imperial 1/2 inch pipe.

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