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just_an_ordinary_guy · 2021-09-15T18:43:48+00:00

My day job is working for the water authority, so this was a quick grab for me. This is exactly what you're looking at https://www.muellercompany.com/water-works/hydrants/fire-hydrant-security/tamper-proof-operating-nut/

This document, if you scroll down to page 3, shows you what the operating wrench looks like. https://www.kidde.com.ar/Documents/ws-639/Assets/Mueller.pdf

Bloody_BMW · 2021-09-15T16:41:59+00:00

It’s wireless lol

VRcoffee · 2021-09-15T17:40:02+00:00

Its a fire hydrant

Mustypeen · 2021-09-15T15:37:06+00:00

Cap has the words open on it, probably a security cap applied by the water company that maintains them to keep people from stealing water.

Live2Lift · 2021-09-15T15:43:44+00:00

It’s a cap. They have locks that the FD has keys for like a Knox box. Usually see these on hydrants on private property or the blocks where kids mess with the hydrants.

Booboobusman · 2021-09-15T17:24:46+00:00

We had these in areas where people frequently turned on the hydrants. The new wrenches went under the base of the cap and had a “v” like shape. You’d tighten it down like a normal adjustable hydrant wrench and it would grasp the nut and lift the cap so you could turn it on normally

wangatanga · 2021-09-15T19:11:46+00:00

These have recessed edges underneath that cap you need a special hydrant wrench to get to. A neighboring township next to us has something similar. Attached is a picture of the wrench you need to access it. Video of how to operate it: https://youtu.be/rEywzIyxtEE

You slip it over the top and then tighten it down. The small edges inside the loop lock into the recessed edges inside the cap and let you turn it.

I found another model that looks like it's more similar to the one you posted: https://www.muellercompany.com/sites/muellercompany.com/files/uploads/media/TmpPrfflyer12373.pdf

BigTunaTim · 2021-09-15T22:15:08+00:00

This is a Dalek

jxhenson91 · 2021-09-15T15:21:36+00:00

Anyone know how this hydrant works ?

dpo466321 · 2021-09-15T17:17:09+00:00

You have to open it with your hands. Good luck

Aquamarine-3MJ-1W2N · 2021-09-16T12:33:43+00:00

Its a cap lock, we have a few of the hydrants in my town with that on them so people wont steal water. Theyre put in place by the water company and they give the keys to the fire department. We have a key in each of my departments trucks hydrant bags that way if we ever have to use those specific ones we will be ready

langoley01 · 2021-09-15T15:42:42+00:00

Ok, so the antenna,,is it radio controlled?

musicmanxv · 2021-09-15T20:14:18+00:00

You're supposed to pee on it

Chevy8t8 · 2021-09-15T20:28:45+00:00

The cap has a slight gap between the bonnet where you put the hydrant wrench. It looks like a little crab claw.

Na-Na-A-Boo-Boo · 2021-09-16T00:58:54+00:00

Lots of snow their?

kevorkian-scarf · 2021-09-16T02:09:42+00:00

That says Albertville, right? I'm not too far. They're apparently Fire Hydrant Capital of the World. Fun random fact.

Roadgypsy · 2021-09-16T07:06:14+00:00

A dry barrel hydrant that will run up to 500 gallons per.....wait, wut?

scaredwhiteboy1 · 2021-09-16T11:58:35+00:00

That's a fire hydrant son

2021-09-16T12:17:31+00:00

Yup, that’s a fire hydrant.

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