Hey Pauley,
I looked at the Grainger.com site -
http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/wwg/itemDetails.shtml
This page shows 3 shutoffs. The first one 5Ky61 won't work, as it is, male, 3/8 compression, at both ends. The 3rd one pictured "1RWF8" is close, as the inlet is a female inlet, but it is 3/8 FIP (iron pipe thread), and wont screw onto my existing old pipes, that I am going to take the flexible water feed lines off of.
What I want is liket this 1RWF8, but with the female inlet being 3/8 comprression.
Ah, a little more searching at Grainger yielded this:
http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/wwg/guideBrowse.shtml
I think that this 1RLX4 is just what I need. The female end looks like it has a tube inside it, sort of like Mikey's idea. What bothers me though is that when I click on the tab labeled "Note and Restrictions" on this page, it says that:
"
California Proposition 65:
Warning: This product contains a product known to the State of California to cause cancer. "
I don't think that is a good thing to put in a kitchen!
Hi Mikey,
I saw what you have at HD, but it was a 3 way, like for a dishwasher, and I have no dishwasher, so don't want that 2nd outlet on the shutoff. I thought of what you suggested - using a short piece of copper tubing to attach the old pipe to the flexible feed line, but that seems like a 2nd best choice - to just one shut off valve.
I can't believe that no one makes the valve I'm looking for. Even the guy at ACO said he didn't know of one, but he could sell lots of them if they existed because people ask for them a lot.
Even while I was at HD, another guy was there asking for the same thing, and walked away empty handed. I can't even find an adapter with a 3/8 male compression on one end and a 3/8 female compression on the other.
Pauleyman, Here's a pic of basically what I've got to take of the old pipes:
http://www.acehardware.com/product/...y+line&parentPage=search&searchId=33398919304
Isn't that called a compression fitting, at the end of the flexible hose?