How to Install a Dielectric Nipple

Teflon tape the threads at each end of the nipple. Wrap the tape counter clockwise. If you wrap it clockwise, it unwraps and bunches when you thread the nipple into the female adapter of the pipe.

Thread the nipple into one of the pipes by hand. Screw the nipple in as far as you can, careful not to cross thread the nipple into the pipe. Tighten the nipple with the pipe wrench, twisting clockwise.

Thread the female end of the opposing pipe onto the nipple by hand. Again, careful not to cross thread the nipple. Put one pipe wrench over the center of the nipple. Place the second over the female end of the pipe. Hold the wrench on the nipple stationary as you turn the pipe clockwise. Tighten the pipe onto the nipple as much as possible with one hand.