On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:03:09 -0500, dpb wrote:

On 4/16/2012 12:02 AM, wrote:
What do you call the elbow installed at the gas meter that allows a
gas grill (1/2" steel ) line to be tapped off at the meter? Pipe
comes up from meter, elbow in 1" pipe, with 1/2" pipe out the top.
Functionally the same as using a 1 inch "T" as an elbow, with a
reducing bushing in the top to take the 1/2" pipe. Reducing bushing
is not allowed here. Neighbour's house has the fitting I'm looking
for so I know they exist (or did sometime in the last 30 years).

http://www.lowes.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet

/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10151&catalogId=10051&cId=SEARCH&

productId=3418836&cm_mmc=SCE_gps-_-gps-_-gps-_-Mueller%201%22%20x%201

%22%20x%201/2%22%20Black%20Iron%20Tee&CAWELAID=1072248017

Don't know if Lowes covers you or not but there's the reducing tee
wanted...had to split the url for line-length, sorry.
Yup, that's the sucker all right. None of our local "retail" hardware
establishments carried it - the trade warehouse did.