G&G Industries

G&G Industries pool and spa fittings

Small plumbing fittings are rarely the reason a pool is built, but they are often the reason it stops working properly. A cracked elbow on a tubing run, a stripped thread on a chemical feeder port or a barb that no longer grips its hose will leak air or water long before anything larger fails. Here we list the G&G Industries fittings held for exactly those repairs, so a single connector does not force the replacement of a whole assembly.

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The listing currently centres on the Ell Adapter 1/2-inch Male to 1/2-inch Ribbed Barb, part number 73895. It is a 90-degree adapter with a 1/2-inch male thread on one side and a 1/2-inch ribbed barb on the other, so it turns a threaded port into a hose or tubing connection while changing direction in a single component. That combination is used wherever flexible tubing has to leave a fitting at a right angle rather than pulling straight out and kinking against a wall, skirt panel or equipment pad.

Fittings of this type are common in spa and pool plumbing on air lines, drain and bleed lines, feeder and injector tubing, small top-up lines and water feature supplies. The ribbed barb profile is designed to bite into soft tubing and hold it in place once a clamp is fitted, while the moulded elbow keeps the run tidy in tight spaces behind equipment.

Identifying the right adapter

Fittings are easy to order incorrectly because the nominal size refers to the thread and bore, not the outside diameter of the part. Before ordering, work through the following:

• Thread size and gender – confirm the port on the equipment accepts a 1/2-inch male thread, and that the adapter is not being asked to screw into another male fitting.
• Thread form – check what the equipment manufacturer specifies, as pool and spa components in Europe may use either tapered pipe threads or parallel threads, and the two do not seal interchangeably.
• Rozmiar węża – measure the internal diameter of the hose or tubing that will push onto the barb; a 1/2-inch barb is intended for 1/2-inch bore tubing and will not hold reliably on anything significantly larger.
• Numer katalogowy – where the original fitting carries a number such as 73895, matching it directly is faster and safer than matching by eye.
• Position number – on an exploded parts diagram for a spa pack, feeder or pump assembly, note the item number of the fitting and the quantity shown, as some assemblies use two or more identical elbows.
• Orientation – check how much clearance there is behind the port, since a 90-degree adapter needs room to rotate as it is tightened to its final seal.

Fitting and maintenance notes

Threaded plastic fittings are tightened to seal, not to be forced. Sealing tape or a suitable thread sealant on the male thread, wound in the direction of tightening, usually gives a clean seal, and the fitting should be turned until it is firm and pointing in the direction the tubing needs to run. Over-tightening is the most common cause of cracked ports and split collars, and the damage often appears days later as a slow weep rather than an immediate leak.

On the barb side, push the tubing fully over the ribs and secure it with a clamp sized for the hose. Tubing that has been on a barb for years hardens and takes a set, so it is worth trimming back a short length to fresh material, or renewing the tubing altogether, when a fitting is replaced. If an elbow has failed once in a hot, sunlit position on an equipment pad, check the neighbouring fittings at the same time; they have had the same service life.

G&G Industries at PoolParthub.com

Here you will find G&G Industries fittings kept for repair work rather than for new installations, which is why individual adapters such as the 73895 elbow are listed on their own. Ordering the exact connector keeps a working spa pack, feeder or pump assembly in service instead of replacing a complete sub-assembly because one small part has split.

Everything is listed with its part number and size so the correct item can be matched against the fitting being removed or against an exploded parts diagram. If a thread form, tubing bore or position number is unclear, measuring the original part and quoting the equipment model before ordering will avoid a second attempt.