I've never really explored a ceramic tap/faucet insert before. The two faces felt sticky like plastic, but I'm not sure if that's an actual coating or if they are just machined so smooth that they adhere.
This device is also "lockable", but not in a secure sense. It will definitely deter casual tampering, but is actually very easy to pick.
Worth exploring. It's a very simple design. I think it's 1/2" BSP.
Here's an eBay search link to find similar taps.
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=lockable+garden+faucet&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_sop=15
Target price for similar taps/faucets is around $6.
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This device is also "lockable", but not in a secure sense. It will definitely deter casual tampering, but is actually very easy to pick.
Worth exploring. It's a very simple design. I think it's 1/2" BSP.
Here's an eBay search link to find similar taps.
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=lockable+garden+faucet&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_sop=15
Target price for similar taps/faucets is around $6.
If you enjoy these videos you can help support the channel with a dollar for coffee, cookies and random gadgets for disassembly at:-
http://www.bigclive.com/coffee.htm
This also keeps the channel independent of YouTube's advertising algorithms allowing it to be a bit more dangerous and naughty.
Hmmm can you make it function better ?. Only a thought.
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I'm glad Clive did it again
To show that it wasn't a fluke…
At least you did it one more time to be sure it was not a fluke.
It’s amazing how bad some wafor locks are! As a locksmith myself I’d say it’s just not worth it to use them. A lot of them are also keyed alike meaning that they share a key. What I find often is people buy those key boxes to hold and organize all their keys, yet it’s secured with a cheap wafor lock, that can be picked in seconds. Often times for me I can drag my pick out and it’s open. At least people in the UK take security and good locks more seriously than people in the US, any lock with the kite mark on it is considered pretty difficult to pick, where as here in the US people put a standard 5 pin kwikset on their house, and all of them can be picked with ease.
Hi Clive. It is indeed 1/2" BSP. These ceramic cartridges have replaced the traditional rubber washer almost entirely. The ceramic discs are ground so flat that the 'stickyness' is actually simply a form of vacuum as as they are so flat water cannot pass through. Their flatness is measured in individual photons of light. JUst so you know, unlike old school taps there is NO std for them. Currently in the UK alone, any tap that uses them (1/4 turn ones basically) can have any of nearly 5000 variations. This is why plumbers ask what type of tap you have when you call about a drip and then tell you the whole thing needs changing!
“Is this rotating or am I just scratching it?”
The great question of the ages.
Where's the tool from Bosnian bill tho
Love the lock picking lawyer reference
Can we look forward to a Big Clive and Lock Picking Lawyer crossover?
That tap isn't much use really. It's not that secure, it's mostly just to stop people casually turning it on and leaving it running.
To be any use, even with that level of security, you need to be able to lock it in both the open and closed positions, not just closed. For instance when hooked up to an automatic sprinkler system you would want to prevent people turning off the water supply and leaving your plants to die, but you'd also want to be able to lock off the supply so that you can mow the lawn, use other power tools, or have a garden party, without the sprinklers coming on and soaking everyone.
But even that use case is provided for with most sprinkler control systems.
I thought this was the lockpicking lawyer for a second
Just noticed all they would need to steal the water is a spanner to remove the lock