From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 9/18/25 8:00 PM, Clare Snyder wrote:   
   > On Wed, 17 Sep 2025 16:53:31 -0400, hubops@ccanoemail.com wrote:   
   >   
   >>>   
   >>> The anti siphon (Vacuum breaker) if fine.   
   >>>   
   >>> This is a deliberate hole placed in the valve   
   >>> stem up next to the knob.   
   >>>   
   >>> https://imgur.com/UNHtzJA.png   
   >>>   
   >>> Thank you anyway.   
   >>> -T   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Why would the   < solid brass ? >  valve stem - be hollow - ?   
   >> in order to allow your  _deliberate hole_   to leak  ?   
   >>     One wonders ..  ?   
   >> Sometimes a very small high pressure leak will appear to   
   >> come from somewhere else  ..  ?   
   >>   .. I'm still betting on valve packing  ..  shooting up the stem.   
   >>    John T.   
   >   The cross drilled hole in the stem is a "weep hole" for the   
   > antibackflow valve (anti-syphon)   
   >   
   > A: The small hole below the handle on your frost-proof wall hydrant is   
   > called a weep hole. This hole allows backpressure relief when water is   
   > siphoning into your water supply. The frost-proof wall hydrant is   
   > equipped with an anti-siphon device that prevents backpressure from   
   > siphoning the water in the hose and a wall frost-proof wall hydrant   
   > that can contaminate your household water supply. When backpressure or   
   > backflow occurs, the siphoning water will “weep” from the hole by the   
   > handle rather than into your water supply.   
   >   
   >   from   
   > https://arrowheadbrass.com/about-arrowhead-brass-and-plumbing/   
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   Thank you!   
      
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