Thermal Expansion
by Plumbing & Pipe Flow Calc in Other
How much a pipe run lengthens or shortens with temperature for copper, steel, PVC, CPVC, PEX or ABS, in inches and mm.
https://plumbing-calc.x402tookit.com/thermal-expansion- Price
- $0.02
- per call in USDC
- Uptime
- 53.3%
- last 30 days
- Response time
- 532 ms
- 580 ms slowest 5%
- Last check
- Passed
- 12 h ago, next any minute now
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How to call it
GET https://plumbing-calc.x402tookit.com/thermal-expansion
Each call costs $0.02 in USDC on Polygon, paid with the request over x402.
Run a free test callOne unpaid request, the way an agent sends it. You see the payment challenge it gets back. Nothing is charged.
Example request
From the listing.
GET https://plumbing-calc.x402tookit.com/thermal-expansion?fromF=50&lengthFeet=100&material=copper&toF=120Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
coefficientPerF | number | No | Linear expansion coefficient per degree F, for material custom |
fromF | number | Yes | Starting temperature in degrees F |
lengthFeet | number | Yes | Pipe run length in feet |
material | string | Yes | copper, steel, pvc, cpvc, pex, abs or custom |
toF | number | Yes | Final temperature in degrees F |
Example response
The provider's example. We can't check it without paying.
{
"asOf": "2026-10-12T01:57:26.304Z",
"changeInches": 0.7896,
"changeMm": 20.06,
"coefficientPerF": 0.0000094,
"degraded": false,
"disclaimer": "Screening signal computed from the named public source. Not financial, legal or investment advice; provided as is. Verify at the source before acting.",
"finalLengthFeet": 100.0658,
"inchesPer100FeetPer10F": 0.113,
"lengthFeet": 100,
"material": "copper",
"notChecked": [
"the exact coefficient of your product (plastics vary by formulation: check the maker's figure)",
"restraint by hangers and walls, which turns expansion into stress or bowing",
"…1 more"
],
"reasons": [
"Small movement, but still allow hangers that let the pipe slide."
],
"source": "computed locally (change in length = alpha x length x change in temperature; typical published coefficients)",
"summary": "100 ft of copper grows 0.79 in (20.1 mm) between 50 and 120 F.",
"temperatureChangeF": 70,
"verdict": "COMPUTED"
}Call it from code
The curl command shows the payment challenge. The JavaScript and Python versions pay and call, and never pay more than $0.02.
curl: see the payment challenge
# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i 'https://plumbing-calc.x402tookit.com/thermal-expansion?fromF=50&lengthFeet=100&material=copper&toF=120'
# x402 v2 sends the challenge base64-encoded in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (v1 sends it in the body).
# To read the header:
curl -sS -g -o /dev/null -D - 'https://plumbing-calc.x402tookit.com/thermal-expansion?fromF=50&lengthFeet=100&material=copper&toF=120' \
| grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decodeJavaScript: pay and call
// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from "@x402/fetch";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";
// Pays at most $0.02 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.02" });
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) });
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);
// Not sure it's safe to pay? ToolVet checks it first for $0.005. Pay for that from a separate
// client: this one is capped at $0.02 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fplumbing-calc.x402tookit.com%2Fthermal-expansion
const res = await pay("https://plumbing-calc.x402tookit.com/thermal-expansion?fromF=50&lengthFeet=100&material=copper&toF=120");
console.log(res.status, await res.text());Python: pay and call
# pip install "x402[requests,evm]"
import os
from eth_account import Account
from x402 import x402ClientSync
from x402.http.clients import x402_requests
from x402.mechanisms.evm import EthAccountSigner
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client
# Pays at most $0.02 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.02"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))
with x402_requests(client) as session:
res = session.get("https://plumbing-calc.x402tookit.com/thermal-expansion?fromF=50&lengthFeet=100&material=copper&toF=120")
print(res.status_code, res.text)Security scan
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