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| Thread ID: 95128 | 2008-11-25 08:55:00 | Is there a Plumber in the house? | Billy T (70) | PC World Chat |
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| 722889 | 2008-11-25 08:55:00 | Hi Team While I was in Hospital a plumbing leak developed under my house. Nothing a bucket can't easily deal with at the current drip rate, but I've no idea what the device is. It is fitted in line with the incoming main so may be something to do with pressure control. Pictured below. One (www.imagef1.net.nz) Two (www.imagef1.net.nz) What worries me is it's got my wife's initials branded on it, how spooky is that? Cheers Billy 8-{) :confused: |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 722890 | 2008-11-25 09:02:00 | Its probably made by these guys (www.rmc.co.nz) Click on the coloured pics, and the underlined words |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 722891 | 2008-11-25 09:45:00 | IANAP The T shaped thing is a pressure limiting valve as you thought. There is a vent and water can leak if the valve is exposed to high inlet pressure. Whether it tends to continue dripping after it starts is for a real plumber to answer. www.rmc.com.au | PaulD (232) | ||
| 722892 | 2008-11-25 17:41:00 | As already stated a pressure reducing valve followed by a one way valve (back flow preventer). Your wife owns quite a big company she hasn't told you about. :lol: |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 722893 | 2008-11-25 18:32:00 | More likely a line strainer followed by the Pressure limiter. | PaulD (232) | ||
| 722894 | 2008-11-25 19:00:00 | The OP gives it away. It's a leek. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 722895 | 2008-11-25 19:53:00 | Go buy another from the local plumbing supplies place. Turn your water off, remove it, take it with you, buy another, attach it. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 722896 | 2008-11-25 21:50:00 | The problem with just replacing the pressure limiting valve with the same make/model is that it is likely to fail again sooner or later. The specification sheet on the site referenced by PaulD admits it is liable to failure, somewhat piss-poor really. I can't imagine such a poor design being used in a "mission critical" application :) |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 722897 | 2008-11-25 22:31:00 | The normal water pressure should be well below the limit on the valve. Chances are that you'll suffer more tank failures than valves over the years. I've got an electrical switch board with circuit breakers that are unlikely to reset if they trip. I think mission critical ends at the till :) |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 722898 | 2008-11-26 03:42:00 | The problem with just replacing the pressure limiting valve with the same make/model is that it is likely to fail again sooner or later. It is about 22 years old and has always formed the odd drip but not like now. We have an internal door that leads under our house where I store all sorts of stuff so I'm in and out regularly and have been watching it for a couple of years now. Murphy's law was in action this time for sure, the minute my back was turned it decided to take a shower. We had the plumber from hell when we renovated (may he drown miserably in a flooded septic tank if he hasn't already been castrated by his own hacksaw or had a blowtorch sex change) and 20+ years on we are still finding things he botched. There have been nicked and/or burned plastic pipes that split and sprayed gallons of water, we had to have our mains pressure hot water system completely rebuilt. We staked out where a sewage joint to the old system should be placed and he put it 2 metres away where it was ultimately buried under 3-4 metres of fill, which we didn't find till they put a TV camera down to see where it was. We even had to move out for six weeks because he vanished from the face of the earth for a period and left us with no washing facilities. We would have sued him if we could find him, but he either died or emigrated because he vanished off the face of the earth. There, I feel better now! Cheers Billy 8-{) :) Must ask Mrs T about this company she hasn't told me about too. |
Billy T (70) | ||
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