I use 4mm tubing in the greenhouse for my drippers.

I want to be able to connect 4mm sections of tubing together - put be able to
pull apart easily and connect up in different configuration.

At the moment I cut the tubing to overcome the "barbed" end of the connectors.

Any suggestions?

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I use 4mm tubing in the greenhouse for my drippers.

I want to be able to connect 4mm sections of tubing together - put be able
to
pull apart easily and connect up in different configuration.

At the moment I cut the tubing to overcome the "barbed" end of the
connectors.

Any suggestions?


Put the connection into very hot water for a few minutes and you can usually
pull it apart, but the stuff is so cheap I normally replace with new


--
Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cvs
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk

On Sat, 30 Jul 2011 15:13:25 +0100, Charlie Pridham wrote:

I want to be able to connect 4mm sections of tubing together - put be
able to
pull apart easily and connect up in different configuration.

At the moment I cut the tubing to overcome the "barbed" end of the
connectors.


Where are you? I have (quite) a few extra connectors - including
some "T"'s - with no barbs, they are just a snug fit and do not seem to
leak.

On Sat, 30 Jul 2011 20:04:35 +0000 (UTC), xpzzzz wrote:

On Sat, 30 Jul 2011 15:13:25 +0100, Charlie Pridham wrote:

I want to be able to connect 4mm sections of tubing together - put be
able to
pull apart easily and connect up in different configuration.

At the moment I cut the tubing to overcome the "barbed" end of the
connectors.


Where are you? I have (quite) a few extra connectors - including
some "T"'s - with no barbs, they are just a snug fit and do not seem to
leak.


Many thanks to you and Charlie, I think I have the problem solved.
I found a couple of "joins" for connecting a 4mm to the bigger piping.
They are not a barb on each end, but one end is threaded for screwing in to the
side wall of the wider pipe.

I have just made a straight through 4mm connection by screwing in to one pipe
and pushing barb on the other. It then unscrewed perfectly.

Perfect.

Thanks for your efforts though.