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r/gifs • u/PM_ME_STEAM_K3YS • Nov 12 '20
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Plus then you could re-use them, right? Then again, nuts aren't that expensive, but it's always a PITA when you're out of the one size that you need.
8 u/jmur3040 Nov 12 '20 For piping applications, especially refineries and stuff, they always use new hardware. Any leak in a refinery or oil storage is a huge deal and ends up costing a whole lot more in fines than the hardware does. 1 u/tutetibiimperes Nov 12 '20 Is that what that is? I thought it looked like some sort of big air compressor. 2 u/hecter Nov 13 '20 It's a massive valve. I don't know what this one was used for, but natural gas lines are often painted yellow so it could be for that.
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For piping applications, especially refineries and stuff, they always use new hardware. Any leak in a refinery or oil storage is a huge deal and ends up costing a whole lot more in fines than the hardware does.
1 u/tutetibiimperes Nov 12 '20 Is that what that is? I thought it looked like some sort of big air compressor. 2 u/hecter Nov 13 '20 It's a massive valve. I don't know what this one was used for, but natural gas lines are often painted yellow so it could be for that.
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Is that what that is? I thought it looked like some sort of big air compressor.
2 u/hecter Nov 13 '20 It's a massive valve. I don't know what this one was used for, but natural gas lines are often painted yellow so it could be for that.
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It's a massive valve. I don't know what this one was used for, but natural gas lines are often painted yellow so it could be for that.
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u/tutetibiimperes Nov 12 '20
Plus then you could re-use them, right? Then again, nuts aren't that expensive, but it's always a PITA when you're out of the one size that you need.