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Originally Posted by NoBozo
This is what I did. Home grown. It's working. No more Water Hammer bangs. The original supply tubing is 1/2 inch. The "Chamber" is 12 inches of 3/4 inch tube with a cap on top and an elbow to connect it to the original tube. The washing machine and dryer are on the OTHER side of the insulated wall. The Hoses to the machine drop off the bottom of the faucets,
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When the water is drained at island- and seasonal- cottages, those chambers can be half that length, and you could use
any-old ˝" tubing that is lying around. I've found that previously-soldered (used) tubing makes for easier fitting—just "tin" the new stuff with a coating of solder. To manage "wet" installations, I suggest stuffing bread into the tubing that is "leaking".
—> Soldering in cold and windy locations
doesn't warm you up!
The gauge in the photo reminded me that I could have put an el-cheapo water pressure gauge at the top of one of those chambers.
In a search related to your original post, it was apparent that suppressors weren't consistent in fixing the problem, and required an occasional return to the store!
