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dpb

wrote:
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I have read that all new faucets are designed to leak under the very
high pressures from frozen lines. the drip that results saves lines
from splitting. ...

Where might that have been written, pray tell?

A faucet _might_ happen to leak some, but it surely isn't a design
feature and highly unlikely to be effective to stop the freeze bursting
of a pipe unless left open enough to have an actual water flow...

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