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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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Weak well
Construction; Plumbing
Weak well application occurs when the pump lowers the water level in the well faster than the well can replenish itself.
Wave washer
Construction; Plumbing
A washer, common in drain linkages, which provides pressure against a ball or other mechanism even when the opposing nut is not fully tightened.
Watt density
Construction; Plumbing
Amount of watts concentrated per square inch of element blade surface area.
Thermocouple
Construction; Plumbing
Small electric generator. Electron flow between the hot junction of 1200 degrees F and cold junction of 600 degrees F creates millivoltage.
Thermal efficiency
Construction; Plumbing
Pipe designed to discharge water through small, multiple, closely spaced orifices or nozzles, placed in a segment of its circumference for irrigation purposes.
Test plug
Construction; Plumbing
A rubber plug that is used to seal off sections of pipe to allow testing for leakage.
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