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How to Size a Reducer

In the context of gas furnaces, a reducer is an object that reduces a flow of liquid or gas. Reducers are extremely useful where you need to join two pipes of different diameters together, since they cater quite happily for two discrete dimensional characteristics. Further, they allow you to have some control over the pressure at which you release gas or water.

Things You'll Need

Ruler
Reducer

Instructions

- 1
  Examine the reducer carefully to decide which is the wider end and which the narrower.
- 2
  Measure the width or diameter of the wider end. Write this down on a piece of paper, toward the left.
- 3
  Measure the width of the narrower end. Write this down on the piece of paper, in the middle.
- 4
  Write "to" in between the two figures. Write the word "reducer" after the second figure.
- 5
  Read what you have written, for this is the name, or size, of the reducer, such as a "6 inches to 4 inches reducer."

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