Hi All,
I am looking for a 1/2" ips male to male nipple to adapt a hand held showed head.
What is the different between ips and npt threads?
Many thanks,
-T
1/2 ips vs npt?
Nov 05, 2021
Last reply: 4 years ago
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IPS is Iron Pipe Straight thread. It's meant to seal on a washer (like the threads the hose for your toilet or faucets attach to). NPT is a tapered thread, designed to seal on the threads, which is why you put pipe tape on them - to lubricate them and help the threads deform and create a seal
You can use a PVC nipple for that. Usually you find them in the schedule 80 bins. I have seen them in white but they are harder to find.
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Exactly! Thank you!
And now that I know what it is called, I have lots of hits on Duck Duck Go.
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