wolfwinter
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Hope you find this interesting
Jun 19, 2023 2:02 PM
wolfwinter
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Hope you find this interesting
tacoaboutit
overlord16
My older brother has a completely different definition of "ball tap."
ALLCAPSROCK
I'm more interested in the scrap value of that brass and copper... give me your old faucets!
Promethianfire
I bet you will like this YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/4Nr1AgIfajI
WrongSarah
hwahter
swingandamissstrikethree
Hehe ball tap
KILLERCHROMATIC
I’m a little surprised too
pianostacatto
I recently educated myself on these things because I had a leaky faucet that kept dripping, despite turning it off. To adapt, I undid the knobs and turned the internal know mechanism even more, beyond the default position. This worked... for a while. Lowe's Home Improvement channel actually has educational videos about these things and that's how I learned.
scolba
faucetnating!
baldewok
Fun fact: The ancient Romans had mixer valves for hot and cold water
TimeLostHereIsGoneForever
You know, I really wish Rome hadn’t fallen in such a way that all it’s technology was lost. If those barbarians had just stolen stuff like the knowledge of how to do I do plumbing, we could have probably be far more advanced, and that’s assuming that electricity was still discovered at the same time. They had plumbing, pretty good medical science, were master of architecture, mathematics, and so much more that was all lost.
DrMaggot
Holy shit ive been wondering for years and always forgot to actually check on the internet. This is god sent i can die in peace
Hammerwell
Curiously, the first one is called a globe valve.
DocBeeblebrox
Flamingnub
DocBeeblebrox
(no endorsement of Stalin is hereby implied by use of this meme)
Merky600
I had a PVC ball tap for a project. Took gorilla strength to move. Worst ever. I still hate it after all these years.
KillerTofu615
I feel like the vast majority of the population is completely ignorant of basic repair work nowadays.
IWasGoingToMakeEspresso
And now I know how my toilet works! I installed a bidet today, and it’s no longer a mystery. Thank you @OP!
swatz
Know you can see hwo to fix a few of them, specifically the first one, is easy to take apart and replace the washer.
TheBlueMuppet
Note: No pee is stored in the balls.
ricbri695
Ball valves are so much better for water shutoffs. Less leaking, seizing, dripping, and you can see if it’s on or off from 20 ft away
wadenelson1
Is this what u talking about? https://www.amazon.com/Watts-175C-Ball-Type-WashInchg-MachInche/dp/B07QQVJPSR
escalinci
Cool, now I know how the flow of 'wahter' gets cut off.
StewedTomaters
It's the over-enunciated "T." It's not how Americans talk, so it sounds unnatural.
StewedTomaters
Aspirated *
hotrodny
Wather
Anonymouse64
Now I wonder who came up with these to start with
KuroFluff
And in the UK the hot and cold are always separate, because fuck you, that's why.
navagon
Nope. Separate taps aren't uncommon but certainly not the only option by a long shot.
Baron29
Here's an explanation https://youtu.be/HfHgUu_8KgA
Cgumn
Mixer taps are pretty common these days. Until someone from the US commented on it I had no idea that separate taps (faucets) are such a novelty in the states.
jinbee
No they're not, we have mixer taps like everyone else.
KuroFluff
Yeah, "always" was hyperbole. I just meant surprisingly often. Maybe 20% of the places I've been since moving here.
MightyIink
This is why the warm setting is so narrow.
Calamarre
balls this, balls that ...
harthram
Balls are useful in many applications.
myproudburner
Yuktio
It doesn't make a bit of difference. The balls are inert.
PhurbuMukpodom
Balls, traps, and plugging holes you say?
casbott
Teqta
I love learning about everyday objects like this, very good.
JustEatingBagelBites
I love learning about ball assemblies
Mxlespxles
I was OBSESSED with the book The Way Things Work by David Macaulay and Neil Ardley when I was a kid
madrush
I have https://www.howstuffworks.com/ at the top of my bookmarks
docwilco
You might like https://youtube.com/@TechnologyConnections He has very in depth videos like https://youtu.be/Sp9H0MO-qS8 on coffee makers
Mxlespxles
Alec! Always nice to see a fan of pedantic annoyances here
mjperk
Welcome to the way of the mechanical engineer.
Catumi
If only mathematics was a super power of mine instead of undiagnosed adhd earlier in life.
KillerTofu615
You mean the way of the service technician?
broloftheviking
The ball valve bit is basically spot on, but the other two are generalizing a number of different varieties of valve as if they were all the same thing. The principles are all correct, but there are some varieties with different geometries that do the same general thing.
randomguy365
What's that quote by Sagan about us living in a society wholly dependent on technology, where almost no one knows how that technology works?
Grapeape2000
This episode of "Connections" always comes to mind to illustrate that concept: https://youtu.be/XetplHcM7aQ
MossyAbyss
"We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology. We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces" - Carl Sagan
oopsydsy
Exactly!!! I can explain how any power producing turbine works right up to "and that is how electricity is made." Where it goes. How it flows. Can it be stored? Wattage? Volt? Absolutely no idea.
SpotlightStealer
My favorite is always "and how do you make the steel for that?"
randomguy365
Thanks!
rmmmm
PaulHavingABall
Oh cool. I always wondered how plumbuses were made.
WhatAreYouTalkingAboutEh
man I loved that scene, it validated why I hated "how it's made" just narrating didn't explain anything https://youtu.be/RXJKdh1KZ0w
pepperino
rmmmm
Perfection 👌
intergalacticbuttjazz
My god
Carl99
Ok, so WTH is that?
gelos
I want to unsee this please
AntRam95
Request denied
ILikeRespondingWithWillSmithGifs
PotOfJam
Easily done
GreenJackdaw
Here you go
rmmmm
😂
Colopty
Well, that reinforces my decision not to watch Rick and Morty...
DisabledParadox
If you don't find this hilarious, then it's definitely not for you.
wmzer0mw1
to be fair, this is only funny in the context of the show. Even tho it has no relation to the show, it does feel like you need to be primed to enjoy the commercial
DisabledParadox
You are right, knowing the concept of interdimensional cable makes it more funny. But even without any context, this would've tickled my funny bone
Colopty
DisabledParadox
I meant if you don't find this clip funny, you should probably give the show as a whole a pass. No tautology, but thanks for the funny comic! Xkcd ftw!
poochyena
The quality is very inconsistent. Half the show I love, but the other half, not so much.
Soufange
I fucken loved the memes. Watched the first 3 episode s and thought "this is shit"
thatlamer
Yeah, I like the more structured episodes that actually have some character development, but any episode that was conceived as roiland getting hammered, shooting a DM off to a minor and then just rambling monkey cheese nonsense for half an hour is unwatchable for me.
Nykidemus
There are very occasional hunks of gold in there (the plumbus) but yeah, scripted over improve plz
Filanwizard
ball valves are fantastic and well worth the extra money over a gate valve anywhere that type of shutoff is needed. They leak less and last longer, also there is no way to mistake its mode, If the handle is parallel to the pipe its on, if its perpendicular to the pipe the valve is off.
neonkrypton
I think the other one is a globe, not gate valve.
whatsisname
I replaced my hose spigot valves with ball vales and I love it, with little kids in the house, being able to tell that the valve is open or closed looking out the window of the house is glorious.
Baron29
Ball valves are the best, and it's not even close.
JJohnston94
Ball valves also trap a little bit of water inside the ball when they're closed, so they can burst if they freeze.
whatsisname
Unless you need to throttle the flow, then they kind of suck and doing so can wreck the seals, unless you pay shitloads for specialty valves. But for on/off only, ball is the way to go.
baldewok
Except that they cause water ram in long pipe runs due to their sudden action. This is why gate valves are used almost exclusively in water mains.
Baron29
Interesting...I'm gonna have to read up on that. I doubt it will ever come up for me, but I don't know what water ram is (and I don't like not knowing things)
baldewok
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoLmVFAFjn4
Baron29
Thanks. I'm familiar with water hammer, but I'd never heard it refered to as "water ram"
StewedTomaters
I've always heard it called "water hammer." The sound of the water stopping suddenly in the pipe, from the shock wave
Baron29
Same. I'm familiar with water hammer, but I didn't realize they meant that when they said "water ram"
1ahorseIbowdeepinme
I knew how the ball on/off worked but the other two were fascinating
StewedTomaters
It's obvious because you can look straight through it and figure it out. The others, not so much.
mrhotcoffee
Faucetnating
JimFromMarketing
That's why you can't use ball valves in freezing temperatures, the hole in the ball traps water with it and it will freeze, expand, and split. So we use gate valves outside
Illumian85
Right? Like I wasn't sure how I expected an outdoor tap to work, but I can say for sure that wasn't it. Even now, I don't like it, those 90° impeding flow annoy me.
whatsisname
Eh, it really doesn't obstruct the flow much worse than anything else along the whole line to whatever you are watering. Plus, those valves are what you need if you want to throttle your flow. Ball vales are not good for throttle valves, plus doing so often wears out the seals.
Filanwizard
that is one design of hose faucet, One you may see in climates that can get cold is where the valve handle is on the front. The faucet has a long tube on it and the valve sits inside the house. This means you do not have to use the shutoffs inside in winter because there is no water in the faucet outside the heated area. *Note this applies to typical winter temps, full exterior winterization is still suggested in very cold climates.
whatsisname
Though even with frost-free taps, not having an additional indoor shutoff is a rookie mistake (or corporate penny pinching when it's new construction).