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  2. Pressure-balanced valve - Wikipedia

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    The pressure-balanced shower valve compensates for changes in water pressure. It has a diaphragm or piston inside that reacts to relative changes in either hot or cold water pressure to maintain balanced pressure. As water pressure drops on one supply line, the valve reduces the pressure in the other supply line to match.

  3. Thermostatic mixing valve - Wikipedia

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    They also shut off rapidly in the event of a hot or cold supply failure to prevent scalding or thermal shock. It is increasingly common practice around the world to regulate the storage water temperature to above 60 °C (140 °F), and to circulate or distribute water at a temperature less than 50 °C (122 °F).

  4. Don't shower or use plumbing during storms: Do's and don'ts ...

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    Do: Secure outdoor objects. Especially secure objects that would be unsafe to bring inside, like gas grills and propane tanks. Don't: Stand near water. Water can be an excellent conductor of ...

  5. Frangible bullet - Wikipedia

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    Brittle failure may occur at subsonic velocity. Attempting to crimp a brittle frangible bullet into the cartridge case may break the bullet. [ 1 ] Brittle frangible bullets may break during the self-loading cycle of semi-automatic firearms ; [ 2 ] and those fired from revolvers often break as the bullet encounters the barrel forcing cone after ...

  6. Safety valve - Wikipedia

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    An oxygen safety relief valve DN250-safety valves. A safety valve is a valve that acts as a fail-safe.An example of safety valve is a pressure relief valve (PRV), which automatically releases a substance from a boiler, pressure vessel, or other system, when the pressure or temperature exceeds preset limits.

  7. Cold Fire Review: Works Great ... Most of the Time

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    The Product: Cold Fire The Price: $19.99 (for 2) plus $11.98 shipping and handling The Claims: Stops fires: instantly cools hot surfaces Buy-O-Meter Rating: 3.5 out of 5 (4.5 if one can had not

  8. Tap (valve) - Wikipedia

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    Faucet is the most common term in the US, similar in use to "tap" in British English, e.g. "water faucet" (although the term "tap" is also used in the US).; Spigot is used by professionals in the trade (such as plumbers), and typically refers to an outdoor fixture.

  9. Cooking off - Wikipedia

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    A fast cook-off is a cook-off caused by fire. A slow cook-off is caused by a sustained thermal event less intense than fire. A cooked-off round may cause a sympathetic detonation of adjacent rounds. Insensitive munitions are designed to be less vulnerable to accidental firing induced by external heat.