Direct-Loc Tee .600 ID - 700 or 710 Tubing

Product Description

Also known as “Easy Loc”, “Perma Loc”, “Spin-Loc”, or “Power-Loc” our Direct-Loc fittings are used with drip irrigation. They twist onto 1/2" drip poly tubing and are reusable. They fit both 1/2" .700 OD Poly Tubing & 1/2" .710 OD Poly Tubing. Removable fittings make it easy to reconfigure your drip system if your needs or landscape designs change. Best fittings for winterizing your drip system – unscrew fittings and store tubing away for winter. No glue or Teflon tape required.

Use Direct-Loc Tees to branch off and create lateral lines off of 1/2" .700 OD Poly Tubing & 1/2" .710 OD Poly Tubing.

How To Install a Drip Irrigation Direct-Loc Tee

Video Transcript

Product Details

• Direct-Loc Tee
• Fits both 1/2" .700 OD Poly Tubing & 1/2" .710 OD 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-Tee F480 Ag Products Power-Loc PL-60-P3T Ag Products Spin-Loc 565-S3T Aquarius Brands Power-Loc PL-60-P3T Aquarius Brands Spin-Loc 565-S3T Drip Depot 1200 Dripworks Easy Loc ELT Irritec A1-HT666 Jain Irrigation Power-Loc PL-60-P3T Jain Irrigation Spin-Loc 565-S3T Point Source Irrigation Perma-Loc 31-HT666 The Drip Store LF051

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
• Designing & Planning Your Drip Irrigation System
    Combine Plant Groups & Soil Type for Best Results
• Winterizing your irrigation system
    Drain water from pipes

Tips & Tricks

Adjust Water Flow to Garden Boxes With a Flow Control Valve

1/2" Valve fits over mainline tubing

These valves are great when you have garden boxes or drip areas that you may want to turn off seasonally. You can reduce the flow or shut it off completely. 1/2" Flow  Control Valves are installed just like a compression coupler.

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 Tee - T700

Compression Flow Control Valve - FCV700

1/2" Inch Direct-Loc Elbow - L600

1/2" Inch Direct-Loc Coupling - C600

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

 

How do I add on to my existing drip system?

We have a great selection of drip tubing coupling adapters for varying sizes of drip tubing. They are color coded. The first step is to determine the Outer Diameter (OD) of your tubing.  

Common OD dimensions are:

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

If you find that your existing tubing is not 700, simply add the appropriate coupling adapter to your order to go from your tubing to 700.

View our Installing Drip Tubing & Fittings tutorial for more details. 

Buy 700 tubing here.

How do I winterize my drip system?

If you live in an area that freezes in the winter, you should drain the water from your drip system to prevent possible damage from the expansion of water as it freezes.   The best way to plan for winter is to take some preventative measures to make the job easier in the fall. Read this Winterizing tutorial for a few tips.

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.

Tee

A T-shaped pipe fitting used to create a branch (or lateral) line from another. They come in a variety of materials and connection styles. See also Fittings. 

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.