Greeting

Can anyone identify the make of this seacock:

http://196.25.86.204/tmp3421/seacock.GIF

On the side the letters "PE" are shown.

Are they any good?
How should they be serviced?

Regards
Warren

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:39:20 -0700, Warren
wrote:

Greeting

Can anyone identify the make of this seacock:

http://196.25.86.204/tmp3421/seacock.GIF

On the side the letters "PE" are shown.

Are they any good?

It looks like plastic. If so it should never be used below the
waterline.

How should they be serviced?


Replacement.

"Warren" wrote in message
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Greeting

Can anyone identify the make of this seacock:

http://196.25.86.204/tmp3421/seacock.GIF

On the side the letters "PE" are shown.

Are they any good?
How should they be serviced?

Regards
Warren


The "PE" most likely refers to the fact that the fitting is made of
polyethylene, a common plastic for residential use pipe and fittings.

It also looks like a simple gate valve vs. seaccock.

A bronze seacock is far more reliable than the plastic gate valve for
obvious reasons. ;-)

JimH wrote:
"Warren" wrote in message
ps.com...
Greeting

Can anyone identify the make of this seacock:

http://196.25.86.204/tmp3421/seacock.GIF

On the side the letters "PE" are shown.

Are they any good?
How should they be serviced?

Regards
Warren


The "PE" most likely refers to the fact that the fitting is made of
polyethylene, a common plastic for residential use pipe and fittings.

It also looks like a simple gate valve vs. seaccock.

A bronze seacock is far more reliable than the plastic gate valve for
obvious reasons. ;-)




I have never seen polyethylene used as a water pipe or PE fittings used
in residential use, I think you are talking about PVC or PEX pipes and
fittngs in residential use.

JimH wrote:
"Warren" wrote in message
ps.com...
Greeting

Can anyone identify the make of this seacock:

http://196.25.86.204/tmp3421/seacock.GIF

On the side the letters "PE" are shown.

Are they any good?
How should they be serviced?

Regards
Warren


The "PE" most likely refers to the fact that the fitting is made of
polyethylene, a common plastic for residential use pipe and fittings.

It also looks like a simple gate valve vs. seaccock.

A bronze seacock is far more reliable than the plastic gate valve for
obvious reasons. ;-)


PE valves typically are used in connection with polyethylene piping for
residential natural or "bottled" gas.

On Jul 11, 11:39?am, Warren wrote:
Greeting

Can anyone identify the make of this seacock:

http://196.25.86.204/tmp3421/seacock.GIF

On the side the letters "PE" are shown.

Are they any good?
How should they be serviced?

Regards
Warren

Good grief! Is it really *riveted* in place?

PE stands for pending emergency.

Error: PE should be FP, sorry.
The FP appears to be a logo. It has a oval circle around it and a line
between the F and the P. It is made of plastic. I have read that the
Marelon are not bad seacock and are a plastic of sorts, could this be
an earlier model? The boat was launched 2000. There are 3 of these and
they all appear to be working perfectly. I also found:
50-11/2
DN-40
written on it.

The boat is steel. Would a bronze fitting not cause electrolysis? What
would be the best type/brand to use here (without going overboard)?

Currently: There is short piece of steel pipe welded to the opening in
the hull and threaded at the other end. The existing seacock is
attached to this. A replacement that screws onto this would be easiest
to install. Any recommendations?

And No, it not *riveted* in place. What I think you see as rivets are
bots which hold the seacock together, not in place.