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RE: gate or ball valve for house water lines?

To: "Eric Erickson" <eric@erickson.on.net>,
Subject: RE: gate or ball valve for house water lines?
From: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 11:56:52 -0700
> Hey, if they are good enough for the natural-gas inspector, they
> should be adequate for water.

Doesn't necessarily follow ... natural gas is something like 1/4 psi, while
water hammers can subject water valves to many hundreds of psi.  Just normal
water line pressure can be 400-500 times a natural gas line.

Randall




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