An Fitting Guide

The hex size depends on the fitting type the size of the threads on the other side of the fitting and even the fitting brand.

An fitting guide. Plumbing is all about pipes and fittings. You can convert any an fitting to its nominal inch size by dividing the an number by 16 as follows. The an hose and fitting guide is the free to download and use high performance plumbing publication. The an thread is a particular type of fitting used to connect flexible hoses and rigid metal tubing that carry fluid.

Read fitting size where it intersects the vertical line. Place fitting against base line. If you don t have a male fitting to measure an accurate measurement of the female thread id can point you to an an size. Pipe thread size chart use the diagram below to find pipe thread size.

It tells you all you need to know to be confident and competent on the subject of an fittings adaptors. 3 16 3 8 24 sae 4 an. 4 an 4 16 or 1 4. They re straight and come in different sizes.

But i only have a female fitting. Pipes establish the runs that bring or take water with fittings controlling and manipulating the flow. 1 4 7 16 20 sae. The nominal outside diameter of the tubing is expressed in sixteenths of an inch increments and then given an equivalent dash number.

The only sure identifier is the thread size. It comes with no catches we do not ask you for any information we will not send you emails and it will not infect or harm your computer. Note that you. Guide to fitting types materials different types what they do where they re used and what they re made of.

It is a us military derived specification that dates back to world war ii and stems from a joint standard agreed upon by the army and navy hence an.