Last night I noticed the drain valve on the bottom of my HW heater was
leaking and no matter how many times I tried to tighten it or adjust
it, it still leaked. The only part I had available was a 3/4" gas
valve. I put it on and it worked. No leaks. Any concerns doing this?

Mikepier wrote:

Last night I noticed the drain valve on the bottom of my HW heater was
leaking and no matter how many times I tried to tighten it or adjust
it, it still leaked. The only part I had available was a 3/4" gas
valve. I put it on and it worked. No leaks. Any concerns doing this?


If it is a brass 3/4" ball valve, then you have just upgraded
your system.

--
Robert Allison
Rimshot, Inc.
Georgetown, TX

Brass in those applications tends to have a few percent of lead in it
to make it machine easily, other than that it should work fine.
Mikepier wrote:
Last night I noticed the drain valve on the bottom of my HW heater was
leaking and no matter how many times I tried to tighten it or adjust
it, it still leaked. The only part I had available was a 3/4" gas
valve. I put it on and it worked. No leaks. Any concerns doing this?

In article . com, wrote:
Brass in those applications tends to have a few percent of lead in it
to make it machine easily, other than that it should work fine.

Who cares about lead in a drain valve??

Mikepier wrote:
Last night I noticed the drain valve on the bottom of my HW heater was
leaking and no matter how many times I tried to tighten it or adjust
it, it still leaked. The only part I had available was a 3/4" gas
valve. I put it on and it worked. No leaks. Any concerns doing this?


--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

Doug Miller wrote:
In article . com,
wrote:
Brass in those applications tends to have a few percent of lead in it
to make it machine easily, other than that it should work fine.

Who cares about lead in a drain valve??


News Flash! There are people who are concerned about ANY lead. And asbestos,
DDT, Dioxen, PVC, trans-fats, Sodium, Silicone breast implants, Red dye #2,
Alar, CO2, IE7, and dozens of other harmless things. Such worry - and
activism - gives their life meaning.

In article ,
says...
In article . com, wrote:
Brass in those applications tends to have a few percent of lead in it
to make it machine easily, other than that it should work fine.

Who cares about lead in a drain valve??

I thought plumbing intended for gas had a left-hand thread. No?

--
Keith

In article , "HeyBub" wrote:
Doug Miller wrote:
In article . com,
wrote:
Brass in those applications tends to have a few percent of lead in it
to make it machine easily, other than that it should work fine.

Who cares about lead in a drain valve??

News Flash! There are people who are concerned about ANY lead. And asbestos,
DDT, Dioxen, PVC, trans-fats, Sodium, Silicone breast implants, Red dye #2,
Alar, CO2, IE7, and dozens of other harmless things. Such worry - and
activism - gives their life meaning.

News flash!! FAR more lead was released into the environment in *making* the
valve than will ever be released from *using* it.

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

In article , krw wrote:
In article ,
says...
In article . com,
wrote:
Brass in those applications tends to have a few percent of lead in it
to make it machine easily, other than that it should work fine.

Who cares about lead in a drain valve??

I thought plumbing intended for gas had a left-hand thread. No?

No. Right-hand thread, same as water pipe.


--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

On Fri, 8 Dec 2006 22:03:06 -0500, krw wrote:

In article ,
says...
In article . com, wrote:
Brass in those applications tends to have a few percent of lead in it
to make it machine easily, other than that it should work fine.

Who cares about lead in a drain valve??

I thought plumbing intended for gas had a left-hand thread. No?

No.

wrote:
Brass in those applications tends to have a few percent of lead in it
to make it machine easily, other than that it should work fine.

Interesting. Just out of curiosity, even if I purchased a regular
boiler drain valve or similiar stopcock valve from HD, isn't that made
of brass also?