# 1 ½ — Plumbing fitting and pipe thread standards For 1 ½, thread standard is NPT; threads per inch (tpi) is 11½; major (outside) diameter (mm) is 48.3, recorded from its source on 2026-08-12. - **Thread standard:** NPT _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_ - **Nominal size:** 1 ½ _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Threads per inch (TPI):** 11½ _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Major (outside) diameter (mm):** 48.3 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > -24 (1 ½) | 11½ | 48.3 | 1.90 | 46.2 | 1.82 ## Source - https://trimantec.com/blogs/t/thread-identification-guide Last verified: 2026-08-12. Review by: 2028-08-11. Part of [Plumbing fitting and pipe thread standards](https://referencesource.org/plumbing-fitting-thread-standards/).