Its on every plumbing exam.......

Mad Dog_2

"Swet" ...."Boll" valves ha ha 😂 😆 🤣.  Don't ask him to spell escutcheon !  So???
Whats that 'apposed ta say?  Mad Dog 🐕 
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dko

With this guy he spells things the way he hears it so have to try all different ways to pronounce combination of letters.

skaspote
ska spote.. no
skas pote.. no
skas pote, skas pot
ska pot
ska pod
ska pad
scra pad
scratch pad

Mad Dog_2

Rainman!  Mad Dog 🐕 

Alan (California Radiant) Forbes

Does anyone else use the ♂ and ♀ characters? Mostly on copper pressure fittings. It took awhile, but most of the guys at the counter understand what I mean now.

c x ♂ union

c x ♀ x c tee

They're quick to write down when you're in a hurry.

JimUK

Confusing descriptions ?

Try this ( if the link works ... )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUNVFrRy-cE

Mad Dog_2

Nope...neato..what symbol is for an extension 🤔 coupling which has both Male & Female threads?  Maybe I don't wanna know???  Ha ha 😂 🤣 😆 😄  Mad Dog

realliveplumber

Alan (California Radiant) Forbes said:

Does anyone else use the ♂ and ♀ characters? Mostly on copper pressure fittings. It took awhile, but most of the guys at the counter understand what I mean now.

c x ♂ union

c x ♀ x c tee

They're quick to write down when you're in a hurry.

Aw jeez. Gender fittings.

We use cfc, and cmc.

Mad Dog_2

C x Male   C x Female works in any ny supply house...Just not Grainger!!  Ha ha 😂 🤣 😆 😄.  Mad Dog 🐕 

EBEBRATT-Ed

Ther is probably more armaflex sold for AC & Refrigeration than for plumbing which is why they go by OD. Same thing with soft tubing.

You used to see soft tubing not capped with the nominal size on the box but not too often at least around here. Again more soft tubing probably gets sold for ac & refrigeration to the boxes are usually marked Od and the tubing is sold that way.

Mad Dog_2

Agreed.  But I rarely go in to an AC supply, there are separate up here.  I could understand if they sold Linesets and stuff. Grainger is obvious...they sell everything.  Trade only unless you make up a Sham Business name.  Mad Dog 🐕 

Mad Dog_2

I love taking Trade exams.  I've taken close to 35 in my career.  I enjoy the hard-core studying and then playing the game (taking the exam).  I think of it like playing in a HS Football State Championship 😅...Passing is always nice, but many exams are Promotional and Civil Service, so your score REALLY does make a difference.  You may think an 85 is great, but there's 3 slots open and 3 others all scored in the 90s...Good chance you're NOT getting that job.  Mad Dog 🐕 

Wikkenz

I see it's been a while since you’ve posted, but I wanted to jump in and ask—does anyone here still reference this question type when studying, or has the code or testing approach shifted a bit lately? I’ve noticed some newer guys getting confused about the practical applications, and I wonder how many jurisdictions still focus hard on this. Curious what others are seeing in the field now.

delcrossv

Caulk to Female thread around here. And Yes, they are still frequently used.

What size would you like, bub?

weakoak1124

https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1857811#Comment_1857811

For the uninformed can someone explain what the fitting is for/its use?

I tried google and and the asc/anvil catalog site that was linked in a previous post.

Mad Dog_2

On the exams, that would be called one of three things;

1. A Tucker Fitting
2. A Kennedy Fitting
3. A Kennedy-Tucker Fitting.

Female(IPS) x Caulk, they were used to join galvanized vent piping if you were piping from two different areas. Mad Dog

weakoak1124

https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1857919#Comment_1857919

OK I get it now, the the caulk refers to the lead, I was thinking literal caulk in a tube 🤣

CTETeach

We call them LPTY Long Pattern Tee Wye or Combination Wye and 1/8

PC7060

https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1857920#Comment_1857920

are modern sealants allows instead of lead? Thinking polyurethanes or similar.

Mad Dog_2

In new york we call it 'A Boston" Mad dog

ChrisJ

https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1858174#Comment_1858174

Paul Pollets

We called them "combis" or combination Y and 1/8th bends