Water Hammer Arrestor

[barn]

Hey,

I have some water hammer going on when my washing machine fills, so I have bought a water hammer arrestor

Which is all great but when it arrived, it has a massive warning on the back saying that it contains 'cancerous causing chemicals...'. With a bit more research I think that it contains some lead (possibly).

So my question: is this safe to use and fit to my washing machine? I am assuming it must be otherwise it wouldn't have been sold!

Cheers in advance

 

[ShaunCorbs]

link to what you bought because normally there just an expansion vessel or a bit of tube with a cap end

 

[barn]

At the moment I cant link to it, the forum wont let me

but it was from 'fix the bog' and was their Sioux Chief Mini AA water hammer arrestor

 

[ShaunCorbs]

will be fine and i guess they have used leaded solder, as all it is a copper pipe with air in one end and a plastic plug with o rings in, which will be fine as unless your house is newly built (last 10-15 years) you will find maybe your pipes were soldered with leaded

http://www.siouxchief.com/docs/defa...mer-arresters---engineer-report.pdf?sfvrsn=14

 

[barn]

thats great - thanks very much