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*Brand matters. Reports of life from 1-5 years for really crappy ones, others are more like decades of life [https://forum.chronofhorse.com/t/barn-renovation-frost-free-hydrants/755227/37] | *Brand matters. Reports of life from 1-5 years for really crappy ones, others are more like decades of life [https://forum.chronofhorse.com/t/barn-renovation-frost-free-hydrants/755227/37] | ||
*OSE experience - galvanized pipe corrodes over 9 years - see bottom of hydrant all corroded in album [https://photos.app.goo.gl/MTNJMSdJQhya3jbSA]. In album picture, brass seems to eat galvanized through electrolytic action - [https://www.plbg.com/forum/read.php?1,466241#:~:text=quote%3B%20Galvanic%20action%20is%20not,the%20two%20are%20connected%20together.] | *OSE experience - galvanized pipe corrodes over 9 years - see bottom of hydrant all corroded in album [https://photos.app.goo.gl/MTNJMSdJQhya3jbSA]. In album picture, brass seems to eat galvanized through electrolytic action - [https://www.plbg.com/forum/read.php?1,466241#:~:text=quote%3B%20Galvanic%20action%20is%20not,the%20two%20are%20connected%20together.] | ||
*PVC and plastic lasts indefinitely [https://abbottsplumbing.com/plumbing-replacement/how-long-do-pipes-last/#:~:text=They%20still%20last%20a%20pretty,drain%20lines%20will%20last%20indefinitely.] | |||
Revision as of 00:19, 24 October 2021
- Brand matters. Reports of life from 1-5 years for really crappy ones, others are more like decades of life [1]
- OSE experience - galvanized pipe corrodes over 9 years - see bottom of hydrant all corroded in album [2]. In album picture, brass seems to eat galvanized through electrolytic action - [3]
- PVC and plastic lasts indefinitely [4]