I half remember asking this before, but I have still not managed to
resolve it.

I am trying to match an air line fitting commonly used on imported air
equipment that sold by the likes of Aldi, Lidle and etc.. I have
already tried Thorite, Machine Mart and others which were not able to
help, or even identify the fittings used. The plug has a single ring
around it to retain it in the quick release socket and did manage a few
years ago to get hold of one, although I cannot now remember where I
got it from.

The type is almost identical to one I saw in a hardware type shop, but
none the less didn't fit.

The plug looks a little like this...

----------\_____/\___
|

_____ ___|
----------/ \/

Clues please as to the name of the fitting and a possible source would
be greatly appreciated. All of my garage equipment uses this fitting,
so I am not keen to use any other.

--

Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk

Harry Bloomfield verbally sodomised in
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I half remember asking this before, but I have still not managed to
resolve it.

I am trying to match an air line fitting commonly used on imported air
equipment that sold by the likes of Aldi, Lidle and etc.. I have
already tried Thorite, Machine Mart and others which were not able to
help, or even identify the fittings used. The plug has a single ring
around it to retain it in the quick release socket and did manage a few
years ago to get hold of one, although I cannot now remember where I
got it from.

The type is almost identical to one I saw in a hardware type shop, but
none the less didn't fit.

The plug looks a little like this...

----------\_____/\___
|

_____ ___|
----------/ \/

Clues please as to the name of the fitting and a possible source would
be greatly appreciated. All of my garage equipment uses this fitting,
so I am not keen to use any other.


It's called an epileptic fitting.

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Phil Kyle wrote:
Harry Bloomfield verbally sodomised in
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I half remember asking this before, but I have still not managed to
resolve it.

I am trying to match an air line fitting commonly used on imported air
equipment that sold by the likes of Aldi, Lidle and etc.. I have
already tried Thorite, Machine Mart and others which were not able to
help, or even identify the fittings used. The plug has a single ring
around it to retain it in the quick release socket and did manage a few
years ago to get hold of one, although I cannot now remember where I
got it from.

The type is almost identical to one I saw in a hardware type shop, but
none the less didn't fit.

The plug looks a little like this...

----------\_____/\___
|

_____ ___|
----------/ \/

Clues please as to the name of the fitting and a possible source would
be greatly appreciated. All of my garage equipment uses this fitting,
so I am not keen to use any other.


It's called an epileptic fitting.

They are similar to the ones sold by snap on tools , not cheap but they
dont constantly leak air like the regular ones
Lou Bricant

"Phil Kyle" wrote in message
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Harry Bloomfield verbally sodomised in
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I half remember asking this before, but I have still not managed to
resolve it.

I am trying to match an air line fitting commonly used on imported air
equipment that sold by the likes of Aldi, Lidle and etc.. I have
already tried Thorite, Machine Mart and others which were not able to
help, or even identify the fittings used. The plug has a single ring
around it to retain it in the quick release socket and did manage a few
years ago to get hold of one, although I cannot now remember where I
got it from.

The type is almost identical to one I saw in a hardware type shop, but
none the less didn't fit.

The plug looks a little like this...

----------\_____/\___
|

_____ ___|
----------/ \/

Clues please as to the name of the fitting and a possible source would
be greatly appreciated. All of my garage equipment uses this fitting,
so I am not keen to use any other.


It's called an epileptic fitting.

Can't help being a **** can you, but in fact it's known as an "HVLP" fitting
(High Volume Low Pressure). Available from any good bodyshop suppliers like
"Supertune, Brown Bro's" et al.


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"Beav" wrote in message
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"Phil Kyle" wrote in message
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Harry Bloomfield verbally sodomised in
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I half remember asking this before, but I have still not managed to
resolve it.

I am trying to match an air line fitting commonly used on imported air
equipment that sold by the likes of Aldi, Lidle and etc.. I have
already tried Thorite, Machine Mart and others which were not able to
help, or even identify the fittings used. The plug has a single ring
around it to retain it in the quick release socket and did manage a few
years ago to get hold of one, although I cannot now remember where I
got it from.

The type is almost identical to one I saw in a hardware type shop, but
none the less didn't fit.

The plug looks a little like this...

----------\_____/\___
|

_____ ___|
----------/ \/

Clues please as to the name of the fitting and a possible source would
be greatly appreciated. All of my garage equipment uses this fitting,
so I am not keen to use any other.


It's called an epileptic fitting.

Can't help being a **** can you, but in fact it's known as an "HVLP"
fitting (High Volume Low Pressure). Available from any good bodyshop
suppliers like "Supertune, Brown Bro's" et al.

I just know them as PCL High Flow fittings. You can get them off fleabay or
bodyshop suppliers as you say. HVLP presumably comes about because you're
supposed to use them with HVLP guns to make sure you're getting enough air
flow... FWIW, they're a bit pointless for most air tools IMO and you could
get away with using normal PCL quick releases. To get proper airflow for a
HVLP gun you're looking at an 8 or 10mm hose (most air hoses aren't this
big) depending on the length of the run and high flow fittings everywhere...

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"Phil Kyle" wrote in message
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Harry Bloomfield verbally sodomised
in
:

I half remember asking this before, but I have still not managed to
resolve it.

I am trying to match an air line fitting commonly used on imported air
equipment that sold by the likes of Aldi, Lidle and etc.. I have
already tried Thorite, Machine Mart and others which were not able to
help, or even identify the fittings used. The plug has a single ring
around it to retain it in the quick release socket and did manage a few
years ago to get hold of one, although I cannot now remember where I
got it from.

The type is almost identical to one I saw in a hardware type shop, but
none the less didn't fit.

The plug looks a little like this...

----------\_____/\___
|

_____ ___|
----------/ \/

Clues please as to the name of the fitting and a possible source would
be greatly appreciated. All of my garage equipment uses this fitting,
so I am not keen to use any other.


It's called an epileptic fitting.

Can't help being a **** can you, but in fact it's known as an "HVLP"
fitting (High Volume Low Pressure). Available from any good bodyshop
suppliers like "Supertune, Brown Bro's" et al.

I just know them as PCL High Flow fittings.

PLC fitting have a smaller airway than "real" HVLP.

You can get them off fleabay or
bodyshop suppliers as you say. HVLP presumably comes about because you're
supposed to use them with HVLP guns to make sure you're getting enough air
flow... FWIW, they're a bit pointless for most air tools IMO and you could
get away with using normal PCL quick releases.

Indeed you can get away with PCL unless your airlines are a decent bore.
Then the PCL is a bottleneck where the HVLP flows more air. This isn't
generally a problem, but if you're running more than one tool off a single
ring main, the pipework needs to be BIG.


To get proper airflow for a
HVLP gun you're looking at an 8 or 10mm hose (most air hoses aren't this
big) depending on the length of the run and high flow fittings
everywhere...

Indeed. And one day I'll read all a post before breaking it up :-)


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"Phil Kyle" wrote in message
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Harry Bloomfield verbally sodomised in
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I half remember asking this before, but I have still not managed to
resolve it.

I am trying to match an air line fitting commonly used on imported air
equipment that sold by the likes of Aldi, Lidle and etc.. I have
already tried Thorite, Machine Mart and others which were not able to
help, or even identify the fittings used. The plug has a single ring
around it to retain it in the quick release socket and did manage a few
years ago to get hold of one, although I cannot now remember where I
got it from.

The type is almost identical to one I saw in a hardware type shop, but
none the less didn't fit.

The plug looks a little like this...

----------\_____/\___
|

_____ ___|
----------/ \/

Clues please as to the name of the fitting and a possible source would
be greatly appreciated. All of my garage equipment uses this fitting,
so I am not keen to use any other.


It's called an epileptic fitting.

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pcl type
available from any factor in the uk

In article ,
Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Clues please as to the name of the fitting and a possible source would
be greatly appreciated. All of my garage equipment uses this fitting,
so I am not keen to use any other.

RS components have a fair range of such things - but I dunno if it has
what you require. Other possibility is a decent motor factor.

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Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

"Harry Bloomfield" wrote in message
...
I half remember asking this before, but I have still not managed to
resolve it.

I am trying to match an air line fitting commonly used on imported air
equipment that sold by the likes of Aldi, Lidle and etc.. I have
already tried Thorite, Machine Mart and others which were not able to
help, or even identify the fittings used. The plug has a single ring
around it to retain it in the quick release socket and did manage a few
years ago to get hold of one, although I cannot now remember where I
got it from.

The type is almost identical to one I saw in a hardware type shop, but
none the less didn't fit.

The plug looks a little like this...

----------\_____/\___
|

_____ ___|
----------/ \/

Clues please as to the name of the fitting and a possible source would
be greatly appreciated. All of my garage equipment uses this fitting,
so I am not keen to use any other.

--

Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk



Harry,

Have look here http://www.airlines-pneumatics.co.uk...t.asp?SubCat=5

Series 21 et al.

I know the general type you mean and sometime they look like they will fit
but then pop out again.
I find PCL to be the most reliable but I do not that you don't want to
change

Bob Minchin pretended :
Have look here http://www.airlines-pneumatics.co.uk...t.asp?SubCat=5

Series 21 et al.

That and the series 23 look the same.

I know the general type you mean and sometime they look like they will fit
but then pop out again.

That is exactly what happened when I tried my plug in one of the
similar looking connectors.

Thanks for the URL, I have written to them for help in identifying the
connectors.

--

Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk

Harry Bloomfield verbally sodomised in
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Bob Minchin pretended :
Have look here
http://www.airlines-pneumatics.co.uk...t.asp?SubCat=5

Series 21 et al.

That and the series 23 look the same.

I know the general type you mean and sometime they look like they will
fit but then pop out again.

That is exactly what happened when I tried my plug in one of the
similar looking connectors.

Thanks for the URL, I have written to them for help in identifying the
connectors.


Pleae post the reply in full when you don't receive it.

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In message , Harry Bloomfield
writes
I half remember asking this before, but I have still not managed to
resolve it.

I am trying to match an air line fitting commonly used on imported air
equipment that sold by the likes of Aldi, Lidle and etc.. I have
already tried Thorite, Machine Mart and others which were not able to
help, or even identify the fittings used. The plug has a single ring
around it to retain it in the quick release socket and did manage a few
years ago to get hold of one, although I cannot now remember where I
got it from.

The type is almost identical to one I saw in a hardware type shop, but
none the less didn't fit.

The plug looks a little like this...

----------\_____/\___
|

_____ ___|
----------/ \/

Clues please as to the name of the fitting and a possible source would
be greatly appreciated. All of my garage equipment uses this fitting,
so I am not keen to use any other.

Try these people

http://www.aclengineering.com/

****e website though

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geoff

Harry Bloomfield wrote:
I half remember asking this before, but I have still not managed to
resolve it.

I am trying to match an air line fitting commonly used on imported air
equipment that sold by the likes of Aldi, Lidle and etc.. I have
already tried Thorite, Machine Mart and others which were not able to
help, or even identify the fittings used. The plug has a single ring
around it to retain it in the quick release socket and did manage a few
years ago to get hold of one, although I cannot now remember where I
got it from.

The type is almost identical to one I saw in a hardware type shop, but
none the less didn't fit.

The plug looks a little like this...

----------\_____/\___
|

_____ ___|
----------/ \/

Clues please as to the name of the fitting and a possible source would
be greatly appreciated. All of my garage equipment uses this fitting,
so I am not keen to use any other.

--

Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk

Try an ebay search for `quick coupler` should get a 5 piece set for
under a fiver posted. The type you don`t want are PCL which are larger
and industrial standard and price.

Adam

On 2006-12-30 21:12:15 +0000, "Adam Aglionby" said:


Try an ebay search for `quick coupler` should get a 5 piece set for
under a fiver posted. The type you don`t want are PCL which are larger
and industrial standard and price.

Adam

I disagree.


I've used PCL throughout for my airline equipment and they work well.
However, if you shop around and negotiate, you can get good pricing.

Andy Hall wrote:
On 2006-12-30 21:12:15 +0000, "Adam Aglionby" said:


Try an ebay search for `quick coupler` should get a 5 piece set for
under a fiver posted. The type you don`t want are PCL which are larger
and industrial standard and price.

Adam

I disagree.


I've used PCL throughout for my airline equipment and they work well.
However, if you shop around and negotiate, you can get good pricing.

Phrased that badly, meant that PCL are the ones that won`t mate with
the OP`s fittings.

Pneumatic Components Limited , PCL, quick couplers are all have ever
seen in industrial settings, believe its is actually a patent of PCL,
but you get knock off PCL `compatible` couplings for less money.

Adam

On 2006-12-31 13:08:32 +0000, "Adam Aglionby" said:


Andy Hall wrote:
On 2006-12-30 21:12:15 +0000, "Adam Aglionby" said:


Try an ebay search for `quick coupler` should get a 5 piece set for
under a fiver posted. The type you don`t want are PCL which are larger
and industrial standard and price.

Adam

I disagree.


I've used PCL throughout for my airline equipment and they work well.
However, if you shop around and negotiate, you can get good pricing.

Phrased that badly, meant that PCL are the ones that won`t mate with
the OP`s fittings.

Yes, I think he's describing one of the shorter, fatter types.


Pneumatic Components Limited , PCL, quick couplers are all have ever
seen in industrial settings, believe its is actually a patent of PCL,
but you get knock off PCL `compatible` couplings for less money.

Adam

Exactly, and there's a bunch of those around at different levels of quality.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Andy Hall
saying something like:

Try an ebay search for `quick coupler` should get a 5 piece set for
under a fiver posted. The type you don`t want are PCL which are larger
and industrial standard and price.

Adam

I disagree.


I've used PCL throughout for my airline equipment and they work well.
However, if you shop around and negotiate, you can get good pricing.

nods

I've used PCL for ages and found them to be fairly priced and reliable.
The price varies depending on where you get them, of course, but a
decent industrial stockist or farmers' store is ok.
--

Dave

It happens that Adam Aglionby formulated :
Harry Bloomfield wrote:
I half remember asking this before, but I have still not managed to
resolve it.

I am trying to match an air line fitting commonly used on imported air
equipment that sold by the likes of Aldi, Lidle and etc.. I have
already tried Thorite, Machine Mart and others which were not able to
help, or even identify the fittings used. The plug has a single ring
around it to retain it in the quick release socket and did manage a few
years ago to get hold of one, although I cannot now remember where I
got it from.

The type is almost identical to one I saw in a hardware type shop, but
none the less didn't fit.

The plug looks a little like this...

----------\_____/\___
|

_____ ___|
----------/ \/

Clues please as to the name of the fitting and a possible source would
be greatly appreciated. All of my garage equipment uses this fitting,
so I am not keen to use any other.

--

Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk

Try an ebay search for `quick coupler` should get a 5 piece set for
under a fiver posted. The type you don`t want are PCL which are larger
and industrial standard and price.

Those look identical to the type I need, but despite my plug fitting
into that type of socket it doesn't latch itself. You have to really
look hard to spot the slight differences between the two. At least one
of the items on Ebay is marked 1/4", so I suspect the type I need is a
metric version.

--

Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk

Harry Bloomfield wrote:
It happens that Adam Aglionby formulated :
Harry Bloomfield wrote:
I half remember asking this before, but I have still not managed to
resolve it.

I am trying to match an air line fitting commonly used on imported air
equipment that sold by the likes of Aldi, Lidle and etc.. I have
already tried Thorite, Machine Mart and others which were not able to
help, or even identify the fittings used. The plug has a single ring
around it to retain it in the quick release socket and did manage a few
years ago to get hold of one, although I cannot now remember where I
got it from.

The type is almost identical to one I saw in a hardware type shop, but
none the less didn't fit.

The plug looks a little like this...

----------\_____/\___
|

_____ ___|
----------/ \/

Clues please as to the name of the fitting and a possible source would
be greatly appreciated. All of my garage equipment uses this fitting,
so I am not keen to use any other.

--

Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk

Try an ebay search for `quick coupler` should get a 5 piece set for
under a fiver posted. The type you don`t want are PCL which are larger
and industrial standard and price.

Those look identical to the type I need, but despite my plug fitting
into that type of socket it doesn't latch itself. You have to really
look hard to spot the slight differences between the two. At least one
of the items on Ebay is marked 1/4", so I suspect the type I need is a
metric version.


Is the 1/4" the hose diameter or pipe thread diameter?
Also couple of them refrence NPT is this a typs of coupling or a type
of thread?
More confused than was when started ;-)

Thanks
Adam

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Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk

On 2006-12-31 13:12:04 +0000, "Adam Aglionby" said:

Is the 1/4" the hose diameter or pipe thread diameter?

A nominal size. The threaded part is larger. Hoses can also be larger.


Also couple of them refrence NPT is this a typs of coupling or a type
of thread?

NPT is an American thread type

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_pipe_thread


counterpart would be BSP.


More confused than was when started ;-)

Thanks
Adam

Harry Bloomfield verbally sodomised in
:

It happens that Adam Aglionby formulated :
Harry Bloomfield wrote:
I half remember asking this before, but I have still not managed to
resolve it.

I am trying to match an air line fitting commonly used on imported air
equipment that sold by the likes of Aldi, Lidle and etc.. I have
already tried Thorite, Machine Mart and others which were not able to
help, or even identify the fittings used. The plug has a single ring
around it to retain it in the quick release socket and did manage a
few years ago to get hold of one, although I cannot now remember where
I got it from.

The type is almost identical to one I saw in a hardware type shop, but
none the less didn't fit.

The plug looks a little like this...

----------\_____/\___
|

_____ ___|
----------/ \/

Clues please as to the name of the fitting and a possible source would
be greatly appreciated. All of my garage equipment uses this fitting,
so I am not keen to use any other.

--

Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk

Try an ebay search for `quick coupler` should get a 5 piece set for
under a fiver posted. The type you don`t want are PCL which are larger
and industrial standard and price.

Those look identical to the type I need, but despite my plug fitting
into that type of socket it doesn't latch itself. You have to really
look hard to spot the slight differences between the two.


FILTH!

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