Oh, hello random Lock Washer....

[Jhedrick83]

I just got done brewing and as I'm cleaning up. I notice a random lock washer at the bottom of my sink:

I can't seem to figure out where it would have come from. All that was in the sink that could have one are the ball valve on my SS Brewtech kettle and the pliers I used to help take the thermometer plug and ball valve off with. I don't notice that anything is necessarily missing from the ball valve but this is literally the second time I've used the kettle, so I could me missing it:

Should it be in the gap under the lever for the valve? I'm 99.999% sure it wasn't on my pliers.

 

[tracer bullet]

Not sure what it is, but it doesn't look like a lock washer. It'd be much flatter and not likely overlap.

Too uniform to be a metal shaving. Seems like a random coil of wire.

Held a tag onto something nearby? Are you brewing in chain mail armor?

 

[Konadog]

Looks like a tie wire from a big bag of potatoes, carrots, or onions. Could be a tie wire from a tag on something also. Never seen anything like that on any of my valves, and I've taken them apart to clean many times.

 

[Dland]

I just checked, there is not a lock washer under lever on ones I have. I agree it looks more like a bag tie, bent fence staple or upholstery hog ring than a lock washer.

 

[Jhedrick83]

You know what guys. I think you all may be way smarter than me! I bet it's a staple from a bag of ice I dumped in said sink for the cool down. That didn't even cross my mind.

I'll see myself out...

 

[Konadog]

You learned (remembered) something today, reward yourself with a beer!

 

[day_trippr]

I was just about to write that it looks like there are two very tiny plastic bag fragments towards 9-10PM in that pic and it could have been a bag tie

Cheers!

 

[smcinco]

Tie from a bag of ice FTW

 

[Wolffie]

FIRST LOOK WAS THE CRIMPED WIRE FOR YOUR GRAIN BAG OR CAME OUT OF A GRAIN BAG???