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   From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Jim Wilkins"  wrote in message news:unk0l8$23d7c$1@dont-email.me...   
      
   >Replace the spray wand of a garden sprayer with a sink spray hose.   
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   I think the Danco black braided hoses are worth their higher price for their   
   better flexibility: The adapter is 1/4" NPT to 3/8" compression, plus a   
   plastic ferrule to replace the included brass one. The hose end is NPS,   
   straight thread that seals with a washer but it fits NPT tapered pipe   
   threads.   
      
   https://www.buyfittingsonline.com/pages/npt-vs-nps-vs-nptf-threa   
   -connections-the-difference.html   
      
   For tubing the nominal size equals measured outer diameter. For pipe the   
   nominal size won't be measured anywhere, it's a relic of pipe made from   
   weaker wrought iron with thicker walls. Lamp fittings, electrical conduit   
   and chain link fence posts are all based on pipe sizes so their dimensions   
   aren't common fractions.   
      
   I was in line at an industrial supply house behind an inventor who was   
   picking up a 2" inside diameter thrust bearing he had ordered to go on 2"   
   water pipe, for a tracking solar array. He was very upset to discover that   
   2" pipe is actually 2-3/8" outside diameter.   
      
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