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  • From: tvoivozhd <tvoivozd AT infionline.net>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] A PVC question
  • Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 22:04:37 -0500

clanSkeen wrote:

tvoivozhd---you will have no problem at att---PVC has a design temperature limit of 140 degrees F.before it starts to deform under pressure.


I already got some good answers on this, and thanks, folks. At $1.67 for a 20' joint of pipe, I can afford to play around with some and ruin it with little consequence.

But, TVO, since PVC can deform under pressure at 140 degrees, what if I immersed the bits of pipe in boiling water and then form them over the cone?

James

tvoivozhd---should work---you wouldn't have internal pressure to help form the pipe---and 140 degrees is the rated temperature---really have to get up to 160 degrees before the deformation is really noticeable. At 212 degrees your pipe should be quite malleable.





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