Ball valve tap ...

[pvt_ak]

Gents and gals ... bought a ball valve tap today on impulse while buying a kitchen tap ! As you do ...

I want to replace tap on Peco.

This tap has two male ends and my bazooka filter is male as you can see.

What’s the bits I need to be able to fit altogether , and what bit would you fit to outside (tap and) ?

 

[Clint]

You need a double end female connector and a hose barb connection.

 

[pvt_ak]

Think this is the but for bazooka end ?

 

[Clint]

Yeah that sort of thing...I think MM and maybe Powell Brewing have nice shiny stuff too ..

 

[pvt_ak]

Yeah that sort of thing...I think MM and maybe Powell Brewing have nice shiny stuff too ..

Thanks matey.

 

[Sadfield]

The female socket will do the job, all though it'll need a washer with rubber o-ring inbetween. Plus, lots of ptfe tape around the tap thread.

 

[pvt_ak]

The female socket will do the job, all though it'll need a washer with rubber o-ring inbetween. Plus, lots of ptfe tape around the tap thread.

Nice one , thanks S.

Should have bought the right tap really !

 

[Clint]

Well if you wasn't distracted buying other stuff you would have...but saying that it's always worth picking something up...

 

[HarryFlatters]

Hey OP, where did you get the tap from? I'm looking to upgrade my Peco boiler tap also, but I'm not sure what size I require...

Unless anyone knows the diameter required? Google isn't much use, and I'm too ill with the ManFlu to go out to the garage with my calipers

 

[chesters-mild]

Sorry if I throw a spanner in the works, but will a Peco boiler walls have enough strength to take the weight of a metal ball tap. (esp. when boiling)
I think this has been discussed in other threads. BTW I do use a Peco myself.

 

[HarryFlatters]

No idea

 

[An Ankoù]

Sorry if I throw a spanner in the works, but will a Peco boiler walls have enough strength to take the weight of a metal ball tap. (esp. when boiling)
I think this has been discussed in other threads. BTW I do use a Peco myself.

To go off the subject a bit. I bought an SS Brew Kettle over a year ago which came with such a heavy, over-engineered tap that it looked as if it was going to deform the rather thin gauge stainless steel wall of the copper. Immediately replaced it with a much lighter ball valve tap. Works great . Still left with the lump of pig iron that came with the kettle though. A thing of beauty and a joy to behold but it belongs on a tanker, not a copper.

 

[pvt_ak]

Sorry if I throw a spanner in the works, but will a Peco boiler walls have enough strength to take the weight of a metal ball tap. (esp. when boiling)
I think this has been discussed in other threads. BTW I do use a Peco myself.

Yeah, I think so. Check this YouTube video, jump to half way through past his taste test.

 

[pvt_ak]

Hey OP, where did you get the tap from? I'm looking to upgrade my Peco boiler tap also, but I'm not sure what size I require...

Unless anyone knows the diameter required? Google isn't much use, and I'm too ill with the ManFlu to go out to the garage with my calipers

I got mine from B&Q, but here is a better suited one with female ends from Screwfix.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/tesla-lever-ball-valve-yellow/8173r

 

[HarryFlatters]

I got mine from B&Q, but here is a better suited one with female ends from Screwfix.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/tesla-lever-ball-valve-yellow/8173r

Nice one - did you get a barbed hose connector for it too? If that's even what they're called?

 

[pvt_ak]

Nice one - did you get a barbed hose connector for it too? If that's even what they're called?

Not yet but will do. Getting the rest of the bits from Screwfix later.

 

[foxy]

Why not use a female 90 degree elbow? Screw the ball valve into that from the outside and the bazooka on the inside. Face the bazooka the way you whirlpool more than likely in a clockwise direction, keeps it tucked out of the way.