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Posted by Robert11 on May 5, 2009, 7:23 am
Hello,
This is a really weird one.
Had a house inlet supply pressure reducing water valve put in by the town
water Dept about a month ago.
They used the typical Watts one, and all is fine.
Body looks like it is a brass alloy of some sort, like they all do.
Today, I noticed the outside of the body has developed a greyish-white,
hard, coating on it.
Almost looks like an oxide of some sort, or an almost microscopic "pitting"
Location is dry.
No leaks around pressure reducer.
I'll have them back to look at it, but was wondering if anyone ever had
anything like this ?
Thanks,
Bob
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Posted by HVAC on May 5, 2009, 10:43 am
> Today, I noticed the outside of the body has developed a greyish-white,
> hard, coating on it.
> Almost looks like an oxide of some sort, or an almost microscopic
> "pitting"
Jerking off near a pressure reducing valve is dangerous.
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Posted by Patriot on May 5, 2009, 10:46 pm
HVAC wrote:
>> Today, I noticed the outside of the body has developed a greyish-white,
>> hard, coating on it.
>> Almost looks like an oxide of some sort, or an almost microscopic
>> "pitting"
>
> Jerking off near a pressure reducing valve is dangerous.
And you know this, How?
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>
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Posted by =?iso-8859-15?Q?Tekkie=AE?= on May 5, 2009, 9:31 pm
Robert11 posted for all of us...
>
> Hello,
>
> This is a really weird one.
>
> Had a house inlet supply pressure reducing water valve put in by the town
> water Dept about a month ago.
> They used the typical Watts one, and all is fine.
> Body looks like it is a brass alloy of some sort, like they all do.
>
> Today, I noticed the outside of the body has developed a greyish-white,
> hard, coating on it.
> Almost looks like an oxide of some sort, or an almost microscopic "pitting"
>
> Location is dry.
> No leaks around pressure reducer.
>
> I'll have them back to look at it, but was wondering if anyone ever had
> anything like this ?
>
> Thanks,
> Bob
Blue ointment
--
Tekkie Don't bother to thank me, I do this as a public service.
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Posted by Lefty on May 6, 2009, 7:21 am
The basement is not as dry as you think it is.
Get a dehumidifier and forget about the valve.
> Hello,
> This is a really weird one.
> Had a house inlet supply pressure reducing water valve put in by the town
> water Dept about a month ago.
> They used the typical Watts one, and all is fine.
> Body looks like it is a brass alloy of some sort, like they all do.
> Today, I noticed the outside of the body has developed a greyish-white,
> hard, coating on it.
> Almost looks like an oxide of some sort, or an almost microscopic
> "pitting"
> Location is dry.
> No leaks around pressure reducer.
> I'll have them back to look at it, but was wondering if anyone ever had
> anything like this ?
> Thanks,
> Bob
>
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> hard, coating on it.
> Almost looks like an oxide of some sort, or an almost microscopic
> "pitting"