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My house is ~20yrs old.

We're on well-water, so the outdoor water is pretty skanky (sulphur, iron, iron-eating bacteria).

Last October, in trying to disconnect the hose from the spigot, I ended up removing some sort of adapter-piece that had been "part of" the spigot.

(See photos.) https://photos.app.goo.gl/StogbWib8bacVUMp6

I bought something to "solve" the problem, and like an idiot threw away the gross end of hose.

Now I realize I can't figure out what size adaptor I need. I've seen some posts refer to "vacuum breakers", but this seems to be an anti-syphon spigot, which uses a different piece.

None of the pieces at the local hardware stores are big enough (see photos for those).

What can I do?

Is this question redundant to: Can't find a garden hose that fits ?

Machavity
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Bill Seitz
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Your hose faucet came equipped with a vacuum-breaker (call it an "anti-siphon" if you will, it serves the same purpose: preventing dirty water from your garden from getting sucked up into the fresh water supply if there were a drop in line pressure). This type of spigot was likely required by code when your house was built.

The thread that the valve manufacturer uses to attach their anti-siphon device is not standard. In fact, it is deliberately not standard because "they" don't want end users to be able to remove the anti-siphon device and continue to attach a garden hose to it. YOU WILL NOT FIND AN ADAPTER to hook your hose to that valve. You will need to replace the valve.

Jimmy Fix-it
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  • I agree it stinks but jimmy is correct, you may be able to contact the MFG but I’m my experience a valve replacement is needed. – Ed Beal May 04 '20 at 00:49
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I established the spigot is ABP (Arrowhead), did some more digging and found this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNqqryd6rHs&t=101s bought that BrassCraft piece from HomeDepot, https://www.homedepot.com/p/BrassCraft-1-in-20-Fine-Thread-x-3-4-in-Hose-Thread-Brass-Garden-Hose-Vacuum-Breaker-PS612X/204618267 and it fit nicely. (The spigot seems like it's leaking around the knob-shaft, so I suspect the whole thing's going to need replacing anyway.)

Bill Seitz
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