Regulator Magic

[MR.D]

Hi- newbie here..

After a long-time reading the forum I joined to ask the
question I cannot find the answer to!
I have gathered three regulators for free which is
awsome, but I am having trouble ganging them up togeather.
two regulators have left handed threads on the hi-pressure
fittings and the other is right handed. I want to connect all three.
Its 1/4" brass fitting I'm missing. I can't find a nipple that is
left hand thread and/or a right handed to left handed brass nipple.
Help! Mr.D
-Cheers

 

[MA_Brewer]

Hi- newbie here..

After a long-time reading the forum I joined to ask the
question I cannot find the answer to!
I have gathered three regulators for free which is
awsome, but I am having trouble ganging them up togeather.
two regulators have left handed threads on the hi-pressure
fittings and the other is right handed. I want to connect all three.
Its 1/4" brass fitting I'm missing. I can't find a nipple that is
left hand thread and/or a right handed to left handed brass nipple.
Help! Mr.D
-Cheers

Left hand threads are probably for O2, no Co2 - but I don't know if you can use them for Co2 or not.

 

[olllllo]

Good news and Bad news here.
A LHT to RHT coupling nipple exists. I have one. They are not easy to get. I looked through the McMasterCarr catalog and couldn't find anything there. I had to call several beverage companies (the ones that provide service to bars and restaurants) to get one. They do not generally deal with the public. I wish I would have asked where they order the from.

That's the bad news.

Good news is you can get threaded barbs and use tubing between them.

Despite the post above LHT and RHT are used for CO2. Taprite brand regs have one standard and Perlick has the oddball thread.

 

[MA_Brewer]

Good news and Bad news here.
A LHT to RHT coupling nipple exists. I have one. They are not easy to get. I looked through the McMasterCarr catalog and couldn't find anything there. I had to call several beverage companies (the ones that provide service to bars and restaurants) to get one. They do not generally deal with the public. I wish I would have asked where they order the from.

That's the bad news.

Good news is you can get threaded barbs and use tubing between them.

Despite the post above LHT and RHT are used for CO2. Taprite brand regs have one standard and Perlick has the oddball thread.

Really? So there are two different types of threads on gas tanks too? I've never paid too much attention, I guess.

 

[gnef]

to the compressed gas tanks? no, they are standard CGA valves. for co2 it is a 320 valve, for nitrogen a 580 valve, and for oxygen it is a 540 valve, i believe.

the threading they, and i believe you, were initially talking about is the threading in to the regulator. i believe the direction of the threading is supposed to delineate a primary regulator (LHT) from a secondary regulator (RHT). that way you don't get them confused or something...

i believe there are some online vendors who have the RHT to LHT nipple you are looking for, but last i looked was a while ago, sorry...

 

[MA_Brewer]

to the compressed gas tanks? no, they are standard CGA valves. for co2 it is a 320 valve, for nitrogen a 580 valve, and for oxygen it is a 540 valve, i believe.

the threading they, and i believe you, were initially talking about is the threading in to the regulator. i believe the direction of the threading is supposed to delineate a primary regulator (LHT) from a secondary regulator (RHT). that way you don't get them confused or something...

i believe there are some online vendors who have the RHT to LHT nipple you are looking for, but last i looked was a while ago, sorry...

Ahhhhh - now I can picture what the OP was talking about - makes more sense now. I'll just slink back to my corner for giving bum advice...

 

[MR.D]

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Mr. D

 

[olllllo]

Hey I fixed my own problem.
I you are looking at this dialog with
the same problem as me go to:
www.chudnowmfg.com
they got it all!
Mr. D

For future reference, what was the part #?

 

[pamphletboy]

For future reference, what was the part #?

If anyone else still needs this part, this one works!