# 3 — Plumbing fitting and pipe thread standards

For 3, thread standard is BSPT; threads per inch (tpi) is 11; thread pitch (mm) is 2.309; major (outside) diameter (mm) is 87.88; minor diameter (mm) is 84.93, recorded from its source on 2026-08-12.

- **Thread standard:** BSPT _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Nominal size:** 3 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Threads per inch (TPI):** 11 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Thread pitch (mm):** 2.309 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Major (outside) diameter (mm):** 87.88 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Minor diameter (mm):** 84.93 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Thread angle (degrees):** 55 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Governing standard:** ISO 7-1 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> BSPT R 3 | 3" | 11 | 2.309 | 20.6 | 1.5 / 3.5 | 87.88 | 86.41 | 84.93 | 0 | -999.00

## Source

- https://www.machiningdoctor.com/charts/bsp/

Last verified: 2026-08-12. Review by: 2028-08-11.
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