Why Are Products Certified?
One of the biggest driving forces to certification is regulatory requirements. If a government regulation exists that prohibits the legal sale of a product...
Mixing Valves
They say time flies when you are having fun, and I sometimes find it hard to believe that I am rapidly approaching the 40-year...
Is Change a Good Thing?
As with so many questions we ask in the cross-connection industry, there are both simple and complicated answers to this question. The best answer...
First Quarter Update
Congress remained in session through the end of 2023 and resumed in January with a busy schedule further complicated by election-year politics. Things are...
1″ Febco Model 860
Question:
I have a 1" Febco model 860 reduced pressure principal assembly that is dripping from the relief valve and needs to be repaired. Can...
Ten Questions With … Joe Cooper
In each issue of Working Pressure, we ask 10 questions to a training coordinator or instructor of an ASSE-approved training provider. Some questions are...
Backflow Prevention and Water Quality Quiz
According to the ASSE International Plumbing Dictionary, working pressure is the maximum pressure in a water piping system allowable under normal working conditions. Likewise,...
Temperature Control Devices
Safety is a main focus of this edition of Working Pressure. One category of safety equipment used in plumbing systems are those products that...
Clarifying ASSE 12000 Scopes
At ASSE International headquarters, we receive calls and correspondence from people not certain of the differences within ASSE/IAPMO/ANSI Series 12000-2021, Professional Qualifications Standard for...
What’s the Difference Between ASSE 1017 and ASSE 1070?
As my colleague Terry Burger mentioned in his article, "Temperature Control Devices," devices that are certified to ASSE 1017, Temperature Actuated Mixing Valves for...