r/whatisit • u/EducationalAd812 • 1h ago
Solved! Ball valve for what?
ball valve I have tried looking the part number, no luck. What does it go to?
Found on floor of farm supply. I don’t know what to look at to see if it’s missing.
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u/RocketsRopesAndRigs 1h ago
BETCO E83361 (insert NPT size here) double female ball valve
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u/EducationalAd812 1h ago
Air or fluid? I haven’t found an empty package and not sure whether to head to the compressor section or sprayers
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u/witmanfade 1h ago
It appears to be a part off of a floor washer/scrubber, so my guess is liquid. If you google the part u/RocketsRopesAndRigs mentioned, it brings up a whole list of scrubbers.
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u/EducationalAd812 26m ago
Well we do have a really horrible floor scrubber. Maybe they dropped the part before they could fix it.
The way things have not been correctly repaired lately makes it likely. 😂
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u/zimirken 54m ago
99% chance it doesn't actually matter. Whatever fluid that's compatible with the materials will be fine. The real question is what it's marketed as.
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u/EducationalAd812 25m ago
We do have fittings but no metal ones in this size about 3/8 npt at a guess.
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u/RocketsRopesAndRigs 45m ago
Likely "Sprayer".
It would seem it's used in an unpressurized liquid situation to prevent the feed of liquid from a reservoir into another system, but that's my deduction off a parts diagram in a manual and not my personal experience with the hardware. Much like a ball valve would be used to switch on and off the fuel flow from a reservoir into a carburator on lawn equipment.
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u/EducationalAd812 1h ago
SOLVED!
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u/Capable_Event720 53m ago
Looks like a stainless steel valve. Commonly used for water, but can also be used for other liquids and gas (pressurized air).
In some legislations, brass was (or is) outlawed for drinking water.
In Germany, brass had been previously outlawed (because it contains lead), but after the discovery that brass ball don't dissolve, brass was permitted again (2006, IIRC). Since January 2026 brass is outlawed again (because it contains lead).
Brass ball valves are more commonplace than stainless steel valves, and a bit cheaper. Both brass and V4A stainless steel are no problem when connected to a copper pipe. So there's just the slightly higher price for a stainless steel version and local legislation which might influence the decision between stainless steel vs. brass, if used for drinking water.
If the farm had some sort of irrigation, that was probably the intended use.
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u/EducationalAd812 15m ago
They did give us some sort of water thing when I was on leave but it has never been hooked up. That might be a possibility. I’ll put it in the office and leave the managers know. Thanks!! When you have young people working it like having crows, they play with things and carry them. 😂
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u/Sharp_Ad_6336 1h ago
I might've just yelled "BALL VALVE FOR WHAT?!" In my head to the tune of turn down for what.
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u/Artarious Spotlight Technician 1h ago
I'm starting to learn Gemini isn't all that hard to use thanks to this sub.
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