{"id":911,"date":"2015-09-08T19:25:55","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T19:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tempoinc.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=911"},"modified":"2017-10-11T10:58:29","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T18:58:29","slug":"14-micro-fittings","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"http:\/\/www.tempoinc.com\/dev\/product\/14-micro-fittings\/","title":{"rendered":"1\/4&#8243; Micro-Fittings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1\/4&#8243; Micro-fittings are used to make connections between 1\/4&#8243; tubing or to connect 1\/4&#8243; tubing or 1\/4\u201d dripperline to 1\/2&#8243; or 3\/4&#8243; poly supply tubing. Made with an engineering grade resin, these fittings include a sharp edge (known as a barb) that bites into the inside of the tubing for a secure and watertight fit. No glue or adhesive is required.<\/p>\n<p>Also included in this category are two-sided goof plugs, which can be used to plug the end of 1\/4&#8243; tubing or to plug a hole in the supply tubing, plus a bug plug which is inserted at the end of the 1\/4&#8243; tubing to prevent bugs from entering the tubing.<\/p>\n<p>1\/4&#8243; micro-fittings come in a variety of configurations including long connectors, short connectors, tees, elbows, crosses, and plugs. These fittings can be used with both poly and vinyl 1\/4&#8243; tubing. When attaching a 1\/4&#8243; micro-fitting to solid 1\/2\u201d or 3\/4\u201d poly tubing, use a hole punch to pre-punch a clean hole into the tubing. When removing a 1\/4&#8243; micro-fitting from supply tubing, use a goof plug.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, a threaded goof plug is also offered that is used to plug rigid risers when not in use.<\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1\/4&#8243; Micro-fittings are used to make connections between 1\/4&#8243; micro-tubing or to connect 1\/4&#8243; micro-tubing or 1\/4\u201d dripperline to 1\/2&#8243; or 3\/4&#8243; poly supply tubing. Made with an engineering grade resin, these fittings include a sharp edge (known as a barb) that bites into the inside of the tubing for a secure and watertight fit. No glue or adhesive is required.<\/p>\n<p>These 1\/4&#8243; micro-fittings come in a variety of configurations including long connectors, short connectors, tees, elbows, crosses, and plugs to offer a lot of flexibility when installing a drip system.<\/p>\n<p>These fittings can be used with both poly and vinyl micro-tubing.<\/p>\n<p>When attaching a 1\/4&#8243; micro-fitting to solid 1\/2\u201d or 3\/4\u201d poly tubing, use a Hole Punch to pre-punch a clean hole into the tubing.<\/p>\n<p>When removing a 1\/4&#8243; barbed micro-fitting from 1\/2&#8243; or 3\/4&#8243; tubing, use a goof plug to plug that hole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1772,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":{"0":"post-911","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-drip-irrigation","7":"product_cat-microfittings","8":"product_cat-fittings","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tempoinc.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tempoinc.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tempoinc.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tempoinc.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tempoinc.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}