What about the leaks from retro-fitted grooved couplings? What on earth makes the integrity of a coupling rubber arbitrarily higher than a mechanical tee? Retrofit on galv pipe? Nice and smooth, eh?
This whole issue is predicated on a false premise, in my not-so-humble-and-grumpy opinion. Steve Leyton Protection Design & Consulting San Diego, CA -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ron Greenman Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 11:29 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Galvanized pipe - threaded reducer tees vs. thread-o-lets If they're so worried about contamination maybe they should use stainless or copper and have all welds certified by a nuclear welder. On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Ed Kramer <[email protected]> wrote: > Gotta 'second' Thom's suggestion - go with 6x6x2 galv tees (Groove x Groove > with 2" outlet either grooved or threaded). Eliminates the QC issue with > 'galvanizing from a can'. Victaulic makes these (and likely others). > > Ed Kramer > >> >> The area being protect is part of a food processing plant. The client >> is >> concerned about mechanical fittings leaking and contaminating large >> batches >> of food. > > _______________________________________________ > 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.... _______________________________________________ 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) __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4068 (20090512) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4068 (20090512) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com _______________________________________________ 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)
