I need a coupler.....

[Mike Draper]

I'm looking for a 5" I.D. coupler. This will attach my blower to my silencer. Either stainless steel with a silicone gasket in side or a heavy duty silicone coupler only. Only need to be about 4'' long. If anyone can send me in the right direction I'd greatly appreciate it. It must be a high temperatuare part that can handle blower exhaust.

 

[Shane T]

Check out PDBlowers.com

http://www.pdblowers.com/c45-connectors.php

 

[Shane T]

I just looked closer and their 5' connector is 5.5" nominal hose inside diameter. Might have to add a sleeve to make it work?

 

[dgardner]

You're right. It's sized to slip over 5" pipe, which is a little over 5-1/2" OD.

 

[clean image]

I recommend you put a an accurate measurement of you OD male connections and confirm exact

Most plumbing is sold in OD, and the ID can very depending schedule, or rating

 

[dgardner]

How about this one? It's 5":

http://www.xtremediesel.com/vibrant-2724-5-silicone-coupler.aspx

 

[Shane T]

How about this one? It's 5":

http://www.xtremediesel.com/vibrant-2724-5-silicone-coupler.aspx

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Doesn't give a temp rating but made of 4ply silicone should work.

 

[Dolly Llama]

Most plumbing is sold in OD, and the ID can very depending schedule, or rating

You sure?
i thought it was just the opposite

..L.T.A.

 

[dgardner]

Most plumbing is sold in OD, and the ID can very depending schedule, or rating

True, at least for American stuff. For instance 5" pipe is always 5.563 OD. Schedule 10 is 5.295 ID, Sch 40 is 5.047 ID, and Sch 80 is 4.813 ID.

Otherwise you would need different threading dies for each schedule/weight, and you couldn't, for instance, use a sched 80 elbow with sched 40 pipe. Yikes....

Interestingly, the nominal size is never an actual dimension for pipe (nothing on a 5" pipe is actually 5") - but it's always a dimension for tubing (1/4" tubing is actually 1/4" OD).

 

[Erik]

http://www.morriscoupling.com/index.html

 

[KevinD]

I just installed one of these:
http://www.boatersland.com/trc272v5000ss.html

Good for 350 degrees, double stainless clamps on each end, can be cut down, very flexible for misalignment.

 

[dgardner]

Wow. Super nice!

A little pricey though....

 

[Jim Martin]

it might be worth giving aero tech a call and see what they have...they used all types on the Vortex/A.T....

from the blower to the waste tank and down to the silencer....worst they can say is they don't have anything....

 

[KevinD]

Wow. Super nice!

A little pricey though....

One of the reasons I went with it is I only had 3 1/2" of clearance to install it without removing the TM from the van and with its flexibility I was able to do it.

 

[tubad sosad]

here you go mike draper
http://www.thermalflex.com/

hope it helps. weren't you going to build yourself and reallly nice TM?

 

[Mike Draper]

Thanks for all the suggrestions guys. I found one that someone here suggested. Yes, building a TM. Its getting real close to being done.