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New Wirsbo connection

sebast
sebast Member Posts: 30
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Has anyone heard if Wirsbo is marketing a new connection and tool??

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  • Kevin_21
    Kevin_21 Member Posts: 10
    wirsbo

    http://www.wirsbo.ca/pdf/SSC_infosheet.pdf
  • Weezbo
    Weezbo Member Posts: 6,232
    Oh no:(

    that is horrible.that is really really depressing to me:( it looks like some sorta home depot fitting:( band clamp. truly the world is in leauge with satan. i have thousands upon thousands of wirsbo fittings on he pex aqua pex rehau o barrier and potable water rehau...and litterally many leauges of tubing in beacoup homes...Arh..gh...i feel like charlie Brown.in the kick the football skit. :( All my friends are going to Hate me now for talking them in to bying pumper uppers :(Argh....that is sickening :( well what to do.does thismean we will have to change lots of fittings out? those things look like vangaurd fittings...with a band clamp. :( well i guess i go rehau from this year forward......two hours later...... Whews! it appears its something thats being sold in Canadaa A? *~/:) cooool :) that was making me very frickin uncomfortable....
  • John Felciano
    John Felciano Member Posts: 411
    Wirsbo

    Ended up with the SSC fitting after Uponor closed down RTI.As far as I know they will still be useing the expander system but offering the SSC sysem as well.
  • Tim Doran
    Tim Doran Member Posts: 208
    Fittings

    Wirsbo did inherit the SSC fitting from RTI. It is in addition to our existing offering of ProPex and APR and not a replacement of them.

    Tim D.
  • sebast
    sebast Member Posts: 30


    Thanks for the reply guys, so will wirsbo continue to offer both methods and can this clamp be used for all pex.
  • DIYPeter
    DIYPeter Member Posts: 15
    Wirsbo

    I'm not a heating pro, as my moniker indicates, just a pretty experienced auto parts guy. That clamp is what is used on most, if not all, European constant velocity boots for drive axles. I believe they are called Oetiker clamps. Intersting that Wirsbo claims a patent. Anyway, they last in that environment for a long time.
  • Robert O'Connor_3
    Robert O'Connor_3 Member Posts: 272


    This is not a wirsbo specific product. Watts Radiant & Roth have been marketing them for a few months now. Those contractors that have used them seem to like them. It is great in tight spots where you may not have room to get arround the fitting with the tool.
  • Tim Doran
    Tim Doran Member Posts: 208
    Patent???

    It is the Oetker clamp. Where did you see a reference to a patent? We sell it under the Oetker patent and purchase it from them. Others are using knock offs which could be a patent violation but that is for them to fight out.

    Tim D.
  • Tim Doran
    Tim Doran Member Posts: 208
    Yes

    Wirsbo will offer the ProPex system, APR, and SSC.


    Tim D.
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