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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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thermopile
Construction; Plumbing
Apparatus that consists of a number of thermocouples combined so as to multiply the effect and is used for generating electrical current.
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.
wrought copper fittings
Construction; Plumbing
Plumbing fittings used to connect copper tubes made of mechanically worked and toughened copper as opposed to an as-cast brittle copper.
