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2. Water hammer - Wikipedia

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   Hydraulic shock (colloquial: water hammer; fluid hammer) is a pressure surge or wave caused when a fluid in motion is forced to stop or change direction suddenly: a momentum change. It is usually observed in a liquid but gases can also be affected.

3. How to Fix Your Frozen Pipes, According to Experts - AOL

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   Wrap the pipe with a hot towel: Soak it in hot water and wrap it around the frozen section. Apply a salt solution : Mix salt with warm water and apply it to the frozen area. Salt lowers the ...

4. How homeowners can prevent pipes from freezing during winter

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   If a faucet or pipe ends up freezing inside the house, it can be thawed by using an electric hair dryer, wrapping an electric heat pad around the pipe or by soaking towels in hot water and ...

5. Should I turn off water if pipes are frozen? How to keep ...

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   What to do when water pipes freeze. Here are tips from The Red Cross. If you turn on a faucet and only a trickle comes out, suspect a frozen pipe. Likely places for frozen pipes include against ...

6. Backflow prevention device - Wikipedia

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   Water pressure may fail or be reduced when a water main bursts, pipes freeze, or there is unexpectedly high demand on the water system (for example, when several fire hydrants are opened). Reduced pressure in the pipe may allow contaminated water from the soil, from storage, or from other sources to be drawn up into the system.

7. Hydropneumatic device - Wikipedia

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   Stops water hammering. Placed immediately after the discharge of a pump that is started fast into a pipe full of a long column of liquid. Reduces start up surge pressure. Placed immediately after a pump, which when caused to stop suddenly, enables a vacuum to form, which pulls the flow back towards the pump. Prevents an implosion bang.