Plumbing question that shoulda been easy…

[frorider]

That clear plastic adapter has split. 3/8” NPT female, 1/2” NPT male end. Pretty standard stuff but impossible to find today (plastic or metal) at 6 different hardware or stores. So I bought something similar in PVC with a smooth female end I tapped with a 3/8 x 18 pipe NPT tap…but the cut threads aren’t quite deep enough (ie the ID of the fitting was a bit too large) to create a strong threaded watertight connection.

As a backup plan I ordered one in stainless: https://www.amazon.com/Megairon-Redu.../dp/B071NH1P9S but it won’t arrive until after our #vanlife trip. This part connects to a port that supplies our outdoor shower.

Ideas? Why is a simple NPT reducer so hard to find?

[Cisco Kid]

Wrap some pipe tape to take up the slack?

[ötzi]

Go down to the UPS store and print one.

[fastfred]

depot sells the part you linked to on amazon

it's in brass
in a baggie in the plumbing asile
lowes might have it too

[oftpiste]

Wrap some pipe tape to take up the slack?

And pipe dope for good measure.

[fastfred]

Swing on by I got the part we'll drink beer smoke weed and engineer the shit outta that fix

[frorider]

Thanks all. Yeah my sleuthing did find a 1/2” MIP but the plastic fittings going into this are all tapered, which is why I was looking for NPT. MIP ain’t tapered. At any rate the part I made with an NPT tap is actually working ok now once I found a thick enough rubber o ring to put inside it.

The Home Depot site couldn’t find the ntp/ntp part I linked to on Amazon when I checked this morning in any material, but it’s not a great site for searching

[dan_pdx]

Do you know about adding "site: [URL]" to a Google search?

e.g., try this search string on Google: site:homedepot.com 1/2" Male NPT to 3/8" Female NPT Female Reducing/Reducer Bushing Pipe Fitting

[ötzi]

supplyhouse.com has an amazing amount of stuff and they're cheap and ship crazy fast.

[El Chupacabra]

Lowe's (Reno store on Kietzke) has a good assortment of different pipe adapters, threaded, pex, different plastic and brass construction.

I was just searching through there to get a fitting for a Reliance 7-gallon jug to attach to a hose, for easier refilling of the trailer water tank. There's a lot in stock.

[BFD]

And pipe dope for good measure.

now that you are a boat guy you should know the standard solution is 5200

[oftpiste]

now that you are a boat guy you should know the standard solution is 5200

too hard to remove which ya gotta sometime. 4200 maybe... still reluctant unless absolutely necessary

[gravitylover]

supplyhouse.com has an amazing amount of stuff and they're cheap and ship crazy fast.

Well that's a handy site. Thanx