What I'm reading seems to indicate that you shouldn't be soldering
copper gas lines. You have to braze with melting point over 1000
degrees or use other "approved fittings." Here's a forum discussing
it: http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=14742
As for the pinhole problem, on initial installation I imagine one
could charge and pressure test the whole system with air or nitrogen
or something. Then redoing something wouldn't be any more hazardous
than doing it the first time. Of course, once the system has had gas
in it, it's a different story.
-Steve
At 10:45 AM 8/11/2015, Jeff Scarbrough wrote:
>I'm pondering how one would re-solder a pinhole leak in a copper gas
>pipe system. I can't think of a way that doesn't involve the solderer
>becoming an involuntary astronaut.
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