When I unscrew the current aerator that came with the faucet, I am left with a male end (thread on the outside). Most aerator adapters want a female end to screw the male adapter onto. Further, as near as I can tell, using a standard ruler, my male faucet end is 3/4". This is further backed up by my purchase of this part ( https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FDYWG32?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details ) that has a female end of 3/4" diameter – it fits perfectly. However, it has a small snap fitting that my dishwasher won’t hook onto.
So, I’m looking for an aerator adapter with a female end of 3/4" that also has a ‘standard’ dishwasher snap fitting. I’ve now taken 3 swings and struck out. My hope is that one of you kind folks can succeed where I’ve failed and find the correct adapter from my details given above. I’d be happy to answer any clarifying questions to the best of my ability.
Starting the timer now to see how quickly you folks come up with the right answer!
I ran into this same problem a few years back. I got a new portable dishwasher that had a different fitting. I took the aerator with me to lowes and found the right one, there are only a few different shaped snap on fittings, and they look quite different, so it should be trivial to find the right one. (as long as they have it in stock) Mine has a male-to-female little bit in it that sometimes wants to stay on the faucet, which is kind of annoying, but it works.
I made multiple trips to Lowes (and Home Depot) and even searched their websites (and Amazon, and just general searches, in which my google-fu failed me) for parts that they didn’t have room to display in their stores. The problem I ran into was that all of the adapters I could find were male, meant to screw into female heads on the faucet itself. My faucet has a male head, and finding a female adapter of the right size has resulted in very few possibilities, and two actual wrong purchases (so far).
At this point I would take the parts to a plumbing supply store. They should be able to sell you what you need. I’ve had good luck finding unusual plumbing fixtures at a plumbing supply store near me.
Check to make sure that the aerator is not actually screwed into a male-male adapter, and that adapter is still screwed into the faucet. I’ve seen this before.
That sounds like a great idea, which explains why I never thought of it. At this hour, all of the plumbing-related-specialty stores are closed until Monday morning, which means another weekend of dishpan hands.
I’ve examined the faucet head, with the included aerator off, and it looks like the male threads are part of the faucet itself. Nonetheless, I carefully tried to twist it off with pliers (didn’t want to strip the threads) and concluded it’s all one piece. Good suggestion, tho; thanks!
As a matter of fact, yes, just yesterday. I have to laugh now, but hoo boy, did it seem like a comedy of errors. I made at least 5 purchases, which then resulted in 5 returns. 2 online orders didn’t work out. I visited a plumbing specialty store, which part got me halfway there, but still a no go.
But that did let me know exactly what part I needed: 3/4" female threads on top, and 55/64" male thread on bottom. The top would fit my ‘junior’ male faucet (of which I finally learned that ‘junior’ is a thing) and the bottom would fit the dishwasher adapter that I had, which in turn would fit the snap fitting of my portable dishwasher.
Searching like that found the exact part I needed in a set of several adapters. Then I had an exact name for the part I needed, and thus was able to search for, and found, finally, what I needed.
At this point, it’d been over a month. I was all excited when the package arrived, a padded envelope…that was unsealed. With nothing inside of it. The part had fallen out somewhere in transit. I had to laugh, but my laughter was on the edge of lunacy.
Reordered, it got here yesterday, it fit (!), and all is well in tripthicket-Land! Except my fridge’s freezer is now acting up…
At this hour, all of the plumbing-related-specialty stores are closed until Monday morning, which means another weekend of dishpan hands.