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frodo

Just call me Macgyver
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many here know me as a bit of a tinkerer, i will tear anything apart to see how it works and if i can repurpose it, i will

the tubing on my insta hot at the kitchen sink, melted, wore out.

the unit is is over 10 years old.

so, i tore it apart and repiped it with 3/8'' copper in stead of the 1/4''
tubing .

replace all 4 lines.

the difference in volume between 1/4'' and 3/8'' is amazing.

according to "government" literature the difference in volume is miniscule

NOT!!
 
So your tubing area went from .05 square inches increased to .44 square inches. I would think that you should expect a huge improvement in volume...like going from .5 GPM up to 2 GPM. That gummint litrichure be danged!
 
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