View Full Version : Gator bite connector sizes
 
 jworkman
Aug 28, 2012, 10:07 AM
Do gator bite connectors come in 7/8th size?
 ma0641
Aug 28, 2012, 11:07 AM
Never saw one. What is this for. Are you sure its not 3/4 tubing? 1/2 nominal copper tubing is  5/8 OD
 speedball1
Aug 28, 2012, 12:34 PM
Do gator bite connectors come in 7/8th size?
Here's the problem with your question.  Is this 7/8 OD or 3/4" ID?
Let's take a copper elbo.  Now a plumber's concerned with the amount   of water INSIDE the fitting.  Hence 3/4".  Now a AC guy's concerned about the OUTSIDE of the fitting and what it will radiate.  Hence 7/8ths".  That was cool until the big box stores muddied up the waters by putting fittings in the plumbing section and marking them like AC fittings by oversizing them by 1/8".   Thus our 1/2" fittings became 5/8ths and the 3/4" fittings became 7/8ths. 
So now we have to ask every time a question like this comes up.
Do you mean ID or OD?  
Hope I didn't comfuse you too much.  Tom