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Plumbing
Referring to the skilled trade of working with pipes and plumbing fixtures that provide water or drain waste.
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Temperature & pressure relief valve (T & P valve)
Construction; Plumbing
A safety device used to expel excess pressure or heat from inside a tank.
Threaded and coupled (T & C)
Construction; Plumbing
Some cast iron pipe is sold threaded with a coupling attached.
Stuffing box
Construction; Plumbing
That portion of the pump that held the packing and now holds the mechanical seal.
Submergence
Construction; Plumbing
The distance the ejector, foot valve or submersible pump is installed below the pumping level.
Suction head
Construction; Plumbing
The head on the suction side of the pump. This is subtracted from the discharge head to determine the head being produced by the pump. It is a sum of the static, pressure and friction heads.
Suction static lift
Construction; Plumbing
Same as Suction Static head. This term is only used when the pump centerline is above the suction tank fluid surface.
