"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Mon, 14 Sep 2015 21:18:01 +0000, LINDA
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BOUGHT A FAUCET FROM CHINA & NEED A WATER SUPPLY ADAPTER

Take the faucet with you to the plumbing store to match up. They may
have to make up lines for you if they truly are non-standard.

--
I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.
--Duke Ellington

The proper connection may not be obvious, like when a straight NPS
female thread with a rubber gasket seals to a tapered NPT male pipe
thread. Some household examples are sink and toilet feed lines and
kitchen and shower spray hoses.

http://www.usplastic.com/knowledgeba...contentkey=998

A similar apparent mismatch with the misleading name of "swivel" is
common in hydraulics. They have a compressed metal-to-metal seal that
swivels only before final tightening.
http://www.discounthydraulichose.com..._NPSM_s/47.htm
"A properly chamfered NPTF male will also seal with the NPSM female."

-jsw