Tag:handle=wheel

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Public-images-osm logo.svg handle = wheel
Fire outlet globe valve.jpg
Description
A round or broached handle is available to open a door or a valve Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: man made
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesshould not be used on waysshould not be used on areasshould not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
Useful combination
Status: approvedPage for proposal

A wheel can be round or broached to change the open or close state of a door or a valve.

Examples

Doors

Photo Location Tagging Comments
Door with wheel handle.jpg France

entrance=main
material=metal
actuator=manual
handle=wheel
turn_to_close=clockwise

A door keeping the entrance of an industrial building shut with a wheel as handle to open it.

Valves

Photo Location Tagging Comments
Thermostatic globe valve Europe

pipeline=valve
valve=globe
actuator=thermostatic
handle=wheel
turn_to_close=clockwise

A domestic globe valve installed on heating radiators. The valve opens and close depending on the delta between fluid and ambient temperatures according to spring inside.
Globe valve The Netherlands

pipeline=valve
valve=globe
actuator=manual
handle=wheel
turn_to_close=clockwise
emergency=fire_service_inlet

The valve prevent water to get out of a fire fighters riser pipe in a building. This is a typical globe valve.
Butterfly valve France

pipeline=valve
valve=butterfly
actuator=electric_motor
handle=wheel
turn_to_close=anti_clockwise (written on it)
remotely_controllable=yes

This is a common valve used to regulate pressure in water mains on distribution networks. Switchable wheel allow technicians to open and close the valve so does the electric actuator on top of it.
Valve on a fire hydrant France

emergency=fire_hydrant fire_hydrant:type=pillar pipeline=valve
valve=globe
actuator=manual
handle=wheel
turn_to_close=clockwise

A fire hydrant with a globe valve to open or close the 3 outlets.