voight Posted May 25, 2004 Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 The attached photo shows a nipple at the top of a water heater. It appears to be aluminum. It did not appear to be galvanized. I know you have to have a brass diverter fitting or a dielectric fitting between copper and galvanized pipe. What about aluminum and copper? Does this appear to be an aluminum nipple? Dave Voight Honest Home Inspections Download Attachment: IM001870.JPG 48.21 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Fabry Posted May 25, 2004 Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 That looks to be a standard dielectric fitting and is correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n/a29 Posted May 25, 2004 Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 Originally posted by voight The attached photo shows a nipple at the top of a water heater. It appears to be aluminum. It did not appear to be galvanized. I know you have to have a brass diverter fitting or a dielectric fitting between copper and galvanized pipe. What about aluminum and copper? Does this appear to be an aluminum nipple? Dave Voight Honest Home Inspections Download Attachment: IM001870.JPG 48.21 KB I concur with Chad. Looks fine to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swarga Posted May 26, 2004 Report Share Posted May 26, 2004 Chad is correct. One of the things that help identify it is the dimple or recessed area in the center of the fitting. MOST fittings that are not dielectric do not have that dimple. I said most because last year I saw a straight sided dielectric fitting in the big orange box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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