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  2. Wheel sizing - Wikipedia

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    For example, 17 × 8.5 × +35 designates a diameter of 17 inches, width of 8.5 inches, and +35 mm positive offset (432 × 216 × +35 in fully metric numbers). Replacing the wheels on a car with larger ones can involve using tires with a lower profile.

  3. Garden hose - Wikipedia

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    This fitting is used with 1 ⁄ 2-inch, 58-inch, and 34-inch hoses. [4] [5] In other countries, a British Standard Pipe (BSP) thread is used, which is 34 inch (19 mm) and 14 TPI (male part outside diameter is 26.441 mm or 1.04 in). The GHT and BSP standards are not compatible, and attempting to connect a GHT hose to a BSP fitting ...

  4. AN thread - Wikipedia

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    For example, AN6 bolt has a 38-24 thread [3] whereas an -6 AN fitting has a 9 ⁄ 16-18 thread. [ 4 ] Originally parts were made compliant to the specification MIL-F-5509, but they are now controlled under SAE AS (Aerospace Standards) specifications AS4841 through AS4843 and AS4875.

  5. Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999 - Wikipedia

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    The Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999 are regulations imposed on the England and Wales water industry by statutory instrument. The regulations were signed jointly by Michael Meacher , Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions and Jon Owen Jones , Parliamentary Under - Secretary of State for Wales .

  6. North American Fire Hose Coupler Incompatibilities - Wikipedia

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    At its annual convention at Dallas, TX, the NFPA formally adopted a standard with 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-inch hose with 7.5 threads per inch as the primary standard, with additional sizes of 3 and 3.5 inches (each with 6 threads per inch) and a 4.5 inch coupling with 4 threads per inch, with the fire hydrant standard specifying one 4.5 inch port and two 2 ...

  7. Water distribution system - Wikipedia

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    An example of a water distribution system: a pumping station, a water tower, water mains, fire hydrants, and service lines [1] [2]. A water distribution system is a part of water supply network with components that carry potable water from a centralized treatment plant or wells to consumers to satisfy residential, commercial, industrial and fire fighting requirements.

  8. Hose - Wikipedia

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    A hose is a flexible hollow tube or pipe designed to carry fluids from one location to another, often from a faucet or hydrant. [ 1 ] Early hoses were made of leather, although modern hoses are typically made of rubber, canvas, and helically wound wire.

  9. Water wheel - Wikipedia

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    A stream wheel [6] [12] is a vertically mounted water wheel that is rotated by the water in a water course striking paddles or blades at the bottom of the wheel. This type of water wheel is the oldest type of horizontal axis wheel. [citation needed] They are also known as free surface wheels because the water is not constrained by millraces or ...