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What is the proper name for a plumbing "anti hammer" chamber?

What is the proper name for a plumbing "anti hammer" chamber?

What is the proper name for a plumbing "anti hammer" chamber?

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...as it applies to compressible fluids.  Any links to where I can read more on the mathematics of such a thing?  I am looking to reduce stress on a pipe system that supplies air to shutoff valves that open and close very rapidly.

RE: What is the proper name for a plumbing "anti hammer" chamber?

accumulator maybe?

RE: What is the proper name for a plumbing "anti hammer" chamber?

surge tank?

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RE: What is the proper name for a plumbing "anti hammer" chamber?

MIKIKANAZAWA:  It is called a snubber.  You can buy them or make them.    I have made them out of 0.5" copper tubing about 18" long.  Solder a cap on one end, and solder the other end into the short side of a "tee".  Install them in the water lines close to equipment that is causing the water hammer, such as a washing machine, and your problem will go away.

Regards
Dave

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