How to turn off new type outside water mains stoptap

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To turn off new type outside mains water stop tap - is it just a case of turning clockwise until it tightens up? It's a plastic round fitting which rotates both clockwise and anti-clockwise and sited next to a hexagonal fitting.
 
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Turn it 90 degrees.
If you leave a kitchen tap running you'l hear it stop.
 
it rotates more than 90 degrees it turns a number of times clockwise.
 
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One of these taps broke on me a few years ago. I wasn't brutal with it... it just sheared off.

I use my T bar with ONE HAND to close the water off, clockwise as you look into the chamber, so I don't over do it.
 

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Rotated about 3 full turns and water is now off - many thanks
 

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