Direct-Loc Coupling .600" ID - 700 or 710 Tubing

How To Install a Drip Irrigation Direct-Loc Coupling

Video Transcript

Product Details

• Direct-Loc Coupling
• Fits both 1/2" .700 OD Drip Poly Tubing & 1/2" .710 OD Drip Poly Tubing
• Reusable – Just unscrew
• Quick & Easy Installation & Removal
• High Quality Plastic with Maximum UV Protection
• Recommended Operating Pressure: 10 to 30 PSI
• Maximum Operating Pressure: 70 PSI
• Allowable Tubing Wall Thickness: .025” -.050”
• Allowable Tubing Inside Diameter: .590” - .630”

Replacement for

Acu-Drip Acu-Coupling F460, , Ag Products Power-Loc PL-60-PC, , Ag Products Spin-Loc 565-SC Aquarius Brands Power-Loc PL-60-PC Aquarius Brands Spin-Loc 565-SC Drip Depot 1194, , Dripworks Easy Loc ELC, , Irritec A1-HC600, , Jain Irrigation Power-Loc PL-60-PC, , Jain Irrigation Spin-Loc 565-SC, , Point Source Irrigation Perma-Loc 31-HC600, , The Drip Store LF050, ,

Related Tutorials

• What Size Is My Drip Tubing?
    Tip: Check compression ring color
• Home Drip Irrigation System Design and Installation Guide - Micro Irrigation Systems
    Everything you need to know about Drip Irrigation Systems
• Installing Drip Tubing & Fittings
    Drip Main line tubing, micro tubing, compression & barbed fittings
• Winterizing your irrigation system
    Drain water from pipes

Tips & Tricks

Fix Big Holes With a Coupler

If a goof plug won't do the trick

If you have a hole in a mainline poly pipe that is bigger than a goof plug, a compression coupling is the fitting to use. Make a clean cut and insert the two tubes into each end of the coupler. No glue required.

Cold Weather Trick for Drip Tubing Installation

Dip the ends in warm water

In cold weather, it helps to dip 1/4" or 1/2" poly tubing in warm water for a few minutes. Warm water will soften the ends of the tubing before installation. The tubing will go onto the fittings easier. Give it a shot the next time you are working with solid drip poly tubing or soaker hose dripline.

Videos

Compression Coupling - C700

Compression Flow Control Valve - FCV700

1/2" Inch Direct-Loc Elbow - L600

1/2" Inch Direct-Loc Tee - T600

FAQ

I want to install my own drip irrigation system. Where do I start?

The best place to start is our Drip Irrigation Basics & Installation Tutorial. You'll learn how to plan & design a drip system, connect to a hose bibb, and how to compare drip emitters.

Is all 1/2" poly tubing (drip mainline) the same?

The short answer is no. Poly tubing may be called “1/2 inch” by manufacturers and retailers but if you look closely you’ll find that the tubing has specific Outer Diameter (OD) and Inner Diameter (ID) dimensions.

Common OD dimensions are:

.700 inches (called “700") Black fittings
.620 inches (called “620”)  Green-ringed fittings
.710 inches (called “710”) Blue-ringed fittings
.580 inches (called “580”) Yellow-ringed fittings
.455 inches called "455") Red-ringed fittings

We carry 700 poly tubing and Compression fittings. We also carry fittings and adaptors for many of the common tubing sizes.

 

If you want to know the size of your existing drip tubing, read What Size Is My Drip Tubing?

 

Additional Info:

Installing Drip Tubing & Fittings

 

Coupler

Also called a coupling, it joins fitings and pipe of like size together. Couplers may be slip, threaded, barbed or compression or combination thereof.

Connecting unlike items is called “adapting”. See Adapter.

Fittings

The common name for parts that connects irrigation parts and pipe. These include elbows, tees, couplers, crosses, male adapters, female adapters, swivel adapters, control valves, reducers, bushings, street elbows. They may be threaded, slip, barbed, compression, or a combination thereof.

Drip Tubing

Also called "Poly Tubing" or "Poly Pipe" it is a common term for Polyethylene pipe. a flexible, black tubing used for drip mainline and drip micro tubing. It is most commonly available in rolls of 100 or 500 feet. The inner diameter (ID) and outer diameter (OD) varies.

Common sizes are:

1/8" tubing (primarily used in nurseries)

1/4" micro tubing (most often used as lateral feeder lines off of the larger tubing below)

710 - .710" OD (Uses blue-ringed fittings)

700 - .700" OD (Uses black-ringed fittings)

620 - .620" OD (Uses green-ringed fittings). The Raindrip brand is 620 tubing. 

940 - .940" OD (Uses gray-ringed fitting)

Fittings used with poly pipe can be compression or barbed. See also Polyethylene, Compression Fitting, Barbed Fitting.

View our complete glossary of irrigation terms.