Answer Key: Self-Test D-3.1
- b. Side outlet
- d. Galvanized
- a. Sanitary
- a. Canadian Standards Association
- c. Without
- d. Iron pipe size
- c. Drainage waste and vent
- a. Male iron pipe thread
- c. The DWV fitting has a gradual bend throat.
- c. Spigot
- b. Cast iron fittings have a thicker bead; malleable fittings have a thinner bead.
- a. Elbow
- b. Tees and wyes
- c. Reducing elbow
- c. Bend
- b. Wingback elbow
- d. Street elbow
- b. Double wye
- d. Coupling
- b. Union
- c. Cleanout
- d. Weight
- a. State the largest size of the run first.
- b. Size
- c. Only one size need be described when all sizes are the same.
- d. Bullhead
- b. Close nipple
- b. Slip-on
- a. Flat
- c. Compression
- a. Compression
- b. 45 deg
- a. Insert
- b. MJ clamp
- c. Push-on
- b. Streamline elbow
- c. 45 deg wye
- b. Sanitary tee
- b. Roll-stop coupling
- d. Compression fitting
Fill in the blanks in the Table below with the correct abbreviation or description.
|
Abbreviation |
Meaning |
|
ell |
elbow |
|
Adpt |
Adapter |
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Blk CI |
Black cast iron (threaded pipe fittings) |
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Blk mal |
Black malleable (threaded pipe and fittings, not galvanized) |
|
C×C |
Copper by copper (pipe and fittings) |
|
C×FIPT |
Copper by female iron pipe thread |
|
c/o |
Clean out |
|
CI |
Cast iron (pipe and fittings) |
|
CSA |
Canadian Standards Association. Note: All fittings and pipe used in the plumbing system must be CSA approved for the application for which they are used. |
|
Dbl |
Double (e.g. double wye) |
|
DWV |
Drainage waste and vent fittings and pipe |
|
Fit.C×FIPT |
Fitting copper by female iron pipe thread |
|
Galv |
Galvanized (pipe and fittings with a zinc coating for corrosion resistance) |
|
IPS |
Iron pipe size |
|
IPT |
Internal pipe thread, or iron pipe thread |
|
FPT or FIPT |
Female pipe thread or Female iron pipe thread |
|
Mal |
Malleable (pipe and fittings) |
|
MJ |
Mechanical joint clamp (pipe and fittings) |
|
OPT and MPT |
Outside pipe thread and male pipe thread |
|
RH or LH |
RH = right hand; LH = left hand (used when identifying the location of the side outlet on a DWV fitting) |
|
MIPT |
Male iron pipe |
|
SAE |
Society of Automotive Engineers |
|
San |
Sanitary (drainage fittings) |
|
Sch |
Schedule (used to describe a steel pipe wall thickness) |
|
SO |
Side outlet (used to describe a tee with a side outlet connection) |
|
SP |
Spigot end |
|
Tapt |
tapped (refers to fitting openings that are threaded to accept MIP threads) |
|
w/o |
without (e.g. an ABS P-trap w/o cleanout) |
|
WC |
Wingback |
|
WB |
Water closet |
|
WOG |
Water, oil, gas |
|
Wrot |
Wrought |
|
Wye |
Y fitting |
