I’m assuming more than a few of you folks have set up a quick disconnect system from a kitchen sink faucet. I am plumbing a sink into the brewery and I would like to use quick disconnects for the bottle washer, garden hose, plate chiller, etc. The current set up comes from a standard garden hose thread which I was able to get fittings for with no problem. My new faucet has an outside (male) thread, the quick disconnect fitting has an outside (male) thread. I have not been able to find the male QD fitting in any other configuration. I am having a hard time finding a coupling to suit this set-up. Has anyone seen a coupling that would work for this or a have any ideas on a work around to complete the connection?
I left out some information. The QD is a 1/2" NPT, fairly critical piece of information, sorry about that. So I would going from male kitchen sink thread to male 1/2" NPT.
Maybe they’ll have that. Or you could just grab a $2 plastic garden hose quick disconnect (mine never leaked, but if it did its over the sink right? ) then save your cool qd for something else.
I have an adapter for my dishwasher installed on my sink’s faucet. Any ideas where to get a barbed QD for it? Currently I run QD’s off a garden hose snaked in from outside and it works great. I can (and do!) water the grass or garden with the effluent.
I don’t, but i like that idea. I want to make up some custom garden hose lengths for my sink and that would be perfect. If I find anything I’ll let you know.
I’m not sure what anyone’s opinion on these are but when i first started converting over to QD’s for my chiller I found these to work great. They don’t have a barb style available but I have no leaks with these installed. May not be exactly what you’re looking for.
I did use thread tape and wrenched them down pretty well. I also do double check them every brewday, but way easier than threading by hand and even easier than attempting to tighten down the fittings on a hot chiller.
That’s what I currently use. Pretty awesome. One needs to be careful though and get the real ones. I’ve had some cheapo sets that looked the same yet corroded almost immediately.