Printable View
Hey all,
This year I have had way too many Leader union fittings fail. The T fittings are fine. After a night freeze, I have to almost every morning replace one blown apart union fitting connection. Normal amount of tension on the tubing. All 3/16 tubing What gives?
Are there 1 or 2 barbs on the fittings?
You mean straight connectors? Never have been a fan of leader tubing, try CDL or d And g. Go with semi rigid not the rigid. Also leader connectors are all garbage, get yourself some maxflow fitting from CDL.
Sounds like a problem all right, I would call them and ask some questions. Might be interesting answers??? We will be waiting to hear what they say too.
Regards,
Chris
I second the cdl tubing and fittings. Never had a problem with any of them. That's all I use. Tried leader the first year and had several issues.
I had problems with leader 3/16 fittings also. I think it is because they only have 1 barb on them. I switched to CDL and have had no problems since.
Leader does make a double barbed fitting. Cdl's is still better but it's way better than the single barbed. Leaders double barbed is cheaper than Cdl's as well.
The T's will fail also, it's just a matter of time. I had one T come apart the other night after a single digit night. It's gotten to the point anytime after a real cold night like that I better go check because I know something came apart somewhere. I will not be using Leader fittings the next time.....
I've used semi-rigid tubing with CDL fittings on 3/16" and not had any issues in the past 4-years.
i don't use 3/16 tubing or fitting... all 5/16 but mostly all my fittings are leader (double barb) and i haven't had any issues with it. most of it is 6-8 years old...