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RV plumbing thoughts

03-26-2006, 04:30 AM

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RV plumbing thoughts

Well last summer my kitchen fawcett broke ( from ageing plastic) and I replaced it with a nice new one that had a brass manifold and fittings underneath. Bought from the RV store at around $30

Last month, I found that I had not properly winterized, by finding the swivel spigot broken and a slug of ice in the remains of my new fawcett.

My question is why wont a house hold fawcett from, say, walmart, work just as well as original. I just got a "low cost" plastic job ( oh, wait, its "non-metalic") that outwardly appears the same as orig. -- same fittings, stlye, etc.
Whats the diff. between the cheap plastic fixtures from the RV store and the one I just got from walmart, and should I expect a failure from this $12 patch?

PS I inspected and so far thats the only thing I messed up-- all other plumbing looks OK. We'll see when presurized. OOPS.

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