[Public-list] Original gatevalve sizes

[George Dinwiddie]

sousa, stephen (ENG) wrote:
> Jack,
> 
> Back on topic, could one mate a bronze thru-hull with a brass ball-valve 
> with some semblance of expectations of safety/durability?
> 
> I am not sure of the thread in Canada, in the US the answer is no. The
> threads are different and do not mate exactly.

Are you speaking of the difference between tapered pipe threads and 
straight threads?  Plumbing fittings have tapered threads. 
Through-hulls and seacocks have straight threads.

  - George

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