Yes, we should do what Chris proposes, by repeating
what we did in the nineteenth century: adopt the British standard pipes, but
now with a difference!
Han
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Subject: [USMA:11526] Re: NPT vs. PG
On Wed, 7 Mar 2001 15:28:33 -0500 , Adrian Jadic
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This refers to electrical pipe and not industrial plumbing pipe.
I beleive it is a lot easier to change the standard for electrical
installations, as these ones are usually either installed new or just
removed and never have to be partially replaced because they leak.
The electrical industry is already dominated by IEC standards as they have
proven to be superior to the NEMA ones. They must be moving "to the next
level" by upgrading the standard.
Plumbing is different though. Maintenance work would become a nightmare of
adaptors etc. As much as I would like to see a replacement I doubt there
would be one. The only way, would be to invent a totally new plumbing system
with different sizes and/or attachments which is superior to the existing
one.
If the UK can convert to a metric pipe system, I don't see why other
countries (including European) should have so much difficulty.
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Chris KEENAN
UK Metrication Association: http://www.metric.org.uk/
UK Correspondent, US Metric Association
