Learn Hardcore Russian: Влажное пятно — под гибкой подводкой, рядом с запорным краном. - Inspection note The damp patch is below the flexible connector, next to the shut-off valve.

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Влажное пятно — под гибкой подводкой, рядом с запорным краном.

Meaning

(Inspection note) The damp patch is below the flexible connector, next to the shut-off valve.

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Breakdown of Влажное пятно — под гибкой подводкой, рядом с запорным краном.

Why is there a dash in Влажное пятно — под гибкой подводкой, рядом с запорным краном instead of a verb like есть or находится?

This is a very common Russian pattern, especially in descriptions, notes, reports, and inspections.

Russian often leaves out the verb to be in the present tense. So instead of saying:

it can simply say:

The dash helps separate:

This makes the sentence sound concise and matter-of-fact, which fits technical or inspection-style language very well.

What case is used in под гибкой подводкой and why?

Here подводкой is in the instrumental case.

That is because the preposition под can take two different cases:

accusative for movement to a position: положить под стол = to put under the table
instrumental for location: лежать под столом = to lie under the table

In this sentence, the wet spot is already located there, so it is location, not movement:

The adjective also matches the noun in instrumental feminine singular:

Why is it рядом с запорным краном? What case does require?