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If there is an electrical outlet, a light fixture, or a Plumbing fixture, there are going to be wires or pipes connected to them, which may be hidden inside a wall. In some cases there is a blueprint available that can show where they are, although if there have been renovations since the building was originally built, the original blueprints may no longer be a reliable guide. You can try to guess what a logical arrangement might be, but you can also delicately probe the interior of the wall by pushing in a nail, not too forcefully, and see if it is hitting anything. Of course, it can hit a wooden structural element of the wall, in addition to a pipe or a wire, so you don't necessarily know what it has hit if you encounter resistance, but at least that is a starting point, if you discover that there is something behind the plasterboard rather than just empty space. Proceed with caution; it you puncture the insulation of a wire you can get a terrible shock, and if you puncture a pipe you can cause a leak.

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Nominal Pipe Size (NPS) is a North American set of standard sizes for pipes used for high or low pressures and temperatures. This involve 'Schedule' of a pipe, which is actually the wall thickness. When pipe is sold, the 'sched' will be stated on the label as Sched 5 (for thin wall pipe) right up to Sched 80 (for thick wall. )


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Schedule 40 (Sch 40) and Schedule 40S (Sch 40S) pipes are both designed for different applications. Sch 40 pipes are typically used in standard applications with a thicker wall, while Sch 40S refers to a specific designation for stainless steel pipes, which may have different tolerances and manufacturing standards. The "S" indicates "stainless," and Sch 40S pipes may have varied properties suited for higher pressure or corrosive environments. Thus, while they share similar wall thicknesses, their material and intended use differ.


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