I think it helps the operating nut, especially in meter pits. I use silicon grease, the can you get at auto parts stores. Forest wilson Cherokee fire
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: "Ron Greenman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:51:03 To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Lubricant Joe, I suspect you did the same as me. I went to a couple of valve manufacturers looking for maintenance info and none of them said anything about lubricating the stem at all. Then as I thought back I've never had any trouble with an OS&Y due to lack of lubrication. Any problems always were due to too tight of packing or very high water pressure. Maybe lubricating stems comes from the same mythological pool as whacking a fire extinguisher with a rubber mallet to "fluff" the powder or limiting a system to 52K square feet because you wouldn't want to turn off more than that during any repair or remodel work. On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 8:03 AM, Joe Burtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What is the best lubricant to use on the stem of OS&Y valves? > > Best regards, > > Joe Burtell, SET, CFPS > Burtell Fire Protection, Inc. > Phone: 406.652.7697 > Fax: 406.652.7743 > Cell: 406.861.4507 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web Site: http://www.burtellfire.com > please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to > > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > -- Ron Greenman at home....
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