Cast rough bronze 90-degree reducing elbow that steps a 1" buried polyethylene supply line down to a 3/4" male iron pipe inlet at the base of a frost-proof yard hydrant. The right-angle geometry lets the supply line run horizontal below the frost line and then turn up into the vertical hydrant pipe. The reducer pattern is common when a property's main poly run is 1" for flow capacity but the hydrant itself uses a 3/4" standpipe inlet. Rough bronze handles freeze-thaw cycles and ground-contact corrosion better than cast brass.

• Size: 1" insert x 3/4" male NPT (MIP) - reducing
• Material: lead-free bronze, compliant with NSF/ANSI 372 lead-free requirements (under 0.25% wetted surface lead)
• Insert end: barbed shank accepts 1" CTS polyethylene tubing under stainless hose-clamp pressure
• Thread end: 3/4" Male NPT to mate with the female-threaded inlet on a standard 3/4" yard hydrant standpipe
• Service: cold-water - well, yard hydrant, livestock waterer, irrigation

Use: Step-down installation - lets a 1" residential or light-agricultural poly supply main feed a standard 3/4" frost-proof yard hydrant without an extra adapter or bushing.

Installation tip: Apply two clockwise wraps of PTFE tape (Teflon) on the MIP threads before joining to the hydrant. Warm the poly tubing 15-20 seconds in hot water before pushing the barb in so the shank seats fully past the first barb. Finish with a stainless worm-gear clamp squarely over the barbs, not behind them. Position the elbow with the MIP outlet pointing up at the hydrant standpipe and the insert end pointing back toward the supply trench.

Reducing direction: The first dimension is the insert (barb) side that accepts poly tubing; the second is the male NPT side that threads into the hydrant. Confirm the supply-side poly OD matches the 1" barb and the hydrant inlet matches the 3/4" thread before excavating in.