what is this?

[Eddbot]

does anyone know what this does or how it works, cuz i have no idea, and i have searched, i just can't find anything, i'm assuming it's related to a ball valve but i don't know for sure

it's here

[jackssmirkingrevenge]

Look like it's used for flow control, like any tap really.

[Eddbot]

but it's got the little springy bolty thingy on the bottom and that's gotta mean something, help!! your good with that springy bolty stuff

[MrCrowley]

Why does it matter? Doesn't look very useful to the average spudder at all.

The springy thing is just a flow control as JSR said, just pull it up to let it flow, and the spring returns it.

[Eddbot]

curiosity, and don't say curiosity killed the cat...i am no cat

[Hotwired]

Looks like a gas cock as could be found on a lab bench. Just a ball valve.

Unless someone wanted to really overcomplicate a ball valve by adding flow control on top of the fact you can partially open a ball valve anyway I'd expect the bolt and spring to just be retaining parts for the handle.

[jrrdw]

Ace considers it a air/water regulater. Thats the catagory they listed it in.

[Hotwired]

I consider it to not be dissimilar to this in the category Gas Cocks.

Other gas cocks also have the retaining spring and screw at the bottom.

[bluerussetboy]

those can be used as drain valves for air compressor tanks, bleeder/drain valves for radiators.

[Matheusilla]

It's just a simple valve, like a ball valve. Instead of a ball inside, it is a cylinder. There are no rubber or plastic seals inside. The spring at the bottom is to keep things together at a tension that still seals well but doesn't jam everything too tight. They are usually used for lower pressures, I'd say 100 psi or less because they have a tendency to leak. The specific valve in question is made to bleed off and/or drain fluids and liquids.

[dewey-1]

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