Pvc fittings

[cono]

Hi I was wondering if anyone knows where to get a 1 1/4 inch female bspt to male 1 inch standard thread fittings for the m1 pump

 

[mfinn]

Hi I was wondering if anyone knows where to get a 1 1/4 inch female bspt to male 1 inch standard thread fittings for the m1 pump

The only place I was able to find BST fittings was on the EcoTech website. Get the closest one they have for your needs and use slip bushings to adapt to your size.
I looked, got tips here, but turned out wrong.
Started a couple threads and never did find what I was looking for.

 

[cono]

How can I put a picture of my pump and show what I mean? ( from phone)

 

[cono]

Never mind I figured it out here is the way I need to plumb it and I really don't have any hight under tank

 

[mfinn]

I thought I understood.
You were trying to get from the BST's on the pump to 1" stand American threads in the shortest distance?
The only way I could find ( for my needs) was the BST fittings from EcoTech and a 1" slip/slip bushing.

 

[cono]

Need to be shorter

 

[mfinn]

Need to be shorter

That's what I was looking for and after several posts and threads here and other places I was never able to find that single fitting.

 

[cono]

so how did you hook it up?? pics
please

 

[mfinn]

Ok, here is how I plumbed my Vectra M1.
I used the blue collar and insert for the suction side. 1" pvc fits.
The out flow I used the BST fitting from EcoTech and a bushing that goes to 1" pvc.
The bushing add about 3/8" to the total.






close up of the EcoTech BST fitting and pvc bushing.

 

[cono]

Hey found the fittings I needed through flexpvc.com the guy knows his stuff and gave me everything that I needed to do plumb in the smallest amount of space. thanks for your help

 

[mfinn]

Hey found the fittings I needed through flexpvc.com the guy knows his stuff and gave me everything that I needed to do plumb in the smallest amount of space. thanks for your help

I hope your experience them works better for you. I thought they had the right thread pattern so I ordered a couple fittings. Turned out ( at the time) they didn't. I did talk with someone there and they confirmed that the ones they sent wasn't correct.

 

[cono]

So what did you do?

 

[mfinn]

So what did you do?

My first Vectra ( L1) came with the EcoTech fittings when I bought it from another reefer.
The second one, the M1, I got the ones from flexpvc, tired them and found they didn't work and that's when I called them and talked to someone there. After a few minutes it was determined that the fittings they had were the tapered variety and I needed the straight version. ( Or visa versa).
Whatever, they didn't fit and they didn't have the other.

I ended up biting the bullet and buying the $10 ones from EcoTech. I probably paid the $11 shipping too. Don 't remember atm.

There were a couple people that told me from the beginning that this was what I was going to have to do being I was in the USA.
I suppose if you were in England, you would just go down to your local hardware store and buy the British Standard Thread fitting.

 

[cono]

And can you do me a big favor? Look on the fitting that you have is there a company name on it

 

[mfinn]

I really hope flexpvc has the right ones this time.

I do like EcoTech products, but come on,,,, $10 for a couple $1.50 fittings and then $11 shipping?

 

[cono]

And what are you using the m1 on?

 

[mfinn]

And can you do me a big favor? Look on the fitting that you have is there a company name on it

dang it.

It says Spears and USA

 

[mfinn]

And what are you using the m1 on?

The M1 is my return pump on the 233 gallon in my signature.

 

[cono]

Wow

 

[cono]

How do you like it? Is it as quiet as they say