JE>TW>JB>No, that would be a "spigot". 



JE>TW>Not necessarialy.

JE>TW>ALL spigots have valves for NOT all Valves are Spigots!!  :-)

JE>Well, all my life I have heard faucets, spigots, taps, & hydrants
JE>used as one and the same and all knew exactly what we meant.

BUT al of those have one thing in common. they release the Water outside
the piping system. A "Valve" keeps it "IN" the system
and Controls it.
EXACTICALY what the Vacuum Tube does to the Current(Electron) flow.

The analogy of compiring "Electron Flow" to "Water
Flow" is an excellent
teaching tool by the way foir the Newbee to "Radio Electricity"(What it
was called when I learned it).
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 þ SLMR 2.1a þ This note from El Cajon California USA