Made In USA?

Mad Dog_2

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JoeC

Made In USA?

Does anybody know of a brass 2-1/2" flanged wye strainer manufactured in the USA?(or 3", 4", and 6" of the same). I'm having difficulty finding any large strainers (to include epoxy coated) manufactured here in the U.S..

Carl PE

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Check with Conbraco. I think they're made in SC.

Blackoakbob

Off the wall.....

to the left is the Virtual Trade Show. Try Armstrong I saw sizes up to 10". Best Regards.

JoeC

Thanks Guys

Thanks for sending me back to the conbraco site Carl. They hid their flanged bronze strainer (539-15) under a non-flanged description listing. I'll call them Monday to verify that their product is made here at home (most all are coming out of China these days). Thanks again, Joe

Barbarossa

Smart T-Stat needed

Sorry folks I posted in the wrong place.

Christian Egli

If all things were colored green

Thank the EPA for chasing most of our foundries outside of the US. Brass foundries were high on top of the list, but today most foundries are gone and so is manufacturing.

The irony is we all live on the same planet. The cloud of Sahara dust that just hit Florida and surroundings shows things move quickly. Now, how is it better to send foundries to China, India and Brazil from where they'll still pollute our air but will be out of our control, or any control at all for that matter. This attempt, to sacrifice our own industry in the name of a clean planet, most probably resulted in the opposite.

And job losses was no bonus.

I can think of many more reasonable solutions that could have been taken. In retrospect, the shut down foundries were not the horrible neighbors the EPA painted them to be, however today, the abandoned plants and brownfields are. There was a big NIBCO plant here not that long ago.

I'm glad you found what you wanted.

Have you noticed how some bargain priced brass valves fail from dezincification? To make the brass cheaper, you go heavy on the zinc component and save on the copper, but then the water readily eats away the zinc and you're left with a very weak sponge structure. You turn the valve stem and the thread rips off. It's fun when you're having a flood going on.