After whale-watching in Monterey Bay and a bayside meal at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. on Monterey's Cannery Row, we headed south on Highway 1. We twice diverted within the few miles between Monterey and Carmel to the 17-Mile Drive, which winds past Pebble Beach.
Compression fittings work by the compression of an âoliveâ between two tapered surfaces and the pipe itself. The two surfaces are the body of the fitting (be it a valve, connector or any other type) and the nut. Using a spanner and a pair of grips the nut is tightened. This exerts pressure on the olive and bites it onto the pipe. Compression fittings work well if the pipe is clean and cut properly.
JIC, SAE 37Â°, ISO 8434, Parker Triple-Lok. When someone says it's a JIC fitting, this is generally what they are talking about. This fitting is the general industrial adaptation of the AN fitting. These fittings have a 37Â° flare angle and use a class 2A/2B thread, which is a standard tolerance industrial thread with normal trapezoidal root truncation.