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    mzmrizu Posts: 3, Reputation: 1
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    Dec 27, 2005, 08:28 AM
    Noisy dielectric couplings
    I came across this post looking for an alternative such as brass fittings. The dielectric couplings installed are very noisy with water flow. These are exposed pipes in a loft style apartment, I rerouted two separate pipes replacing a galvanized section with copper in each (actually had a plumber come in as the work had to be by a licensed plumber).

    Insulating the pipe has not worked. These are the common plumbing feeds between apartments and it has caused us to literally lose sleep.

    How can I quite these things down? The noise is emanating at each dielectric coupling like a loudspeaker.
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    speedball1 Posts: 29,301, Reputation: 1939
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    Dec 27, 2005, 05:17 PM
    Please describe the noise. Regards, tom

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