Hozelock Garden Hose ........
Mike
Question. Has anyone the experience of having mains pressure on the hose ALL
the time and only using the 'far end' with a spray or nozzle as and when
required?
Can Hozelock Hose withstand that sustained pressure?
Be interested to know.
Mike
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tpow
"'Mike'" <3d&6...@woolies.com> wrote in message
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mine has stayed on for a week without problems..........
vu...@vulch.org
> Question. Has anyone the experience of having mains pressure on the hose ALL
> the time and only using the 'far end' with a spray or nozzle as and when
> required?
>
> Can Hozelock Hose withstand that sustained pressure?
It tends to inflate over time and not relax back to its original
diameter. This is fine as long as you never want to add new connectors
partway along.
Anthony
Mike
<vu...@vulch.org> wrote in message news:prqrac...@vulch.org...
Thanks to you both for your replies. I am experimenting with something and
today's experiment blew the joints apart, BUT, they were only finger tight
and once I put a pair of grips to them they seemed OK :-))
Any more contributions please?
Mike
Pete Stockdale
>
>>
>
> Thanks to you both for your replies. I am experimenting with something and
> today's experiment blew the joints apart, BUT, they were only finger tight
> and once I put a pair of grips to them they seemed OK :-))
>
> Any more contributions please?
>
> Mike
>
I would be for using something more robust that cannot blow joints apart.
Start with looking at --
http://www.avoncrop.co.uk/products.aspx?pageId=22&productTypeId=7
for the hose and then near there for the connectors.
They are OK - not just seem Ok !!
Regards
Pete
www.thecanaslshop.com
Mike
"Pete Stockdale" <peter....@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
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Looks good Pete.
How small radius can I bend it?
It will be permanently fixed, but there will be tight bends in it.
Mike
Broadback
unobserved the if you are on a water meter! Oh dear, very dear!
Mike
"Broadback" <w...@towill.plus.com> wrote in message
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That is what I am afraid of. However both ends would be very visible and any
blow off would soon be seen. It's just that I don't want any!!!!
Mike
Dave Liquorice
>> Be aware that the connectors can and do come off. If this happens
>> unobserved the if you are on a water meter! Oh dear, very dear!
>
> That is what I am afraid of. However both ends would be very visible and
> any blow off would soon be seen.
A hose will use an awful lot of water overnight...
I think you can get check valves that stop the flow if the pressure drop
across them rises above a given amount. The pressure drop being
proportional to the flow rate.
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Cheers
Dave.
Pete Stockdale
>
>>>
>>> How small radius can I bend it?
>>>
>>> It will be permanently fixed, but there will be tight bends in it.
>>>
>>> Mike
>> Be aware that the connectors can and do come off. If this happens
>> unobserved the if you are on a water meter! Oh dear, very dear!
>
> That is what I am afraid of. However both ends would be very visible and
> any blow off would soon be seen. It's just that I don't want any!!!!
>
> Mike
wrote Mike --
>
" It will be permanently fixed, but there will be tight bends in it "
Then you are misusing the hose and nothing would be a hundred percent.
Why do you not plumb a ridged run where it is fixed and tightly bendy using
the blue stuff with the chunky black connectors.
It is frost resistant as well. End it with a tap for security then do the
Tricoflex hosey bit.
We have hundreds of yards of the stuff here (Alkathene?)
Regards
Pete
www.thecanalshop.com
Stan The Man
<allsortsn...@howhill.com> said:
FWIW, I have been using a PIR sprinkler to keep rabbits off my veg plot
and it has worked fine for a fortnight using a standard Hozelock hose
and connectors. The tap is on 24/7 but the water only escapes when a
varmit crosses the detector's infra-red field -- which seems to occur
about once every couple of hours on average (but I can't be sure).
Nothing has blown apart yet! (And my beans haven't been eaten yet!!)
As an aside, the notion that rabbits won't eat garlic or chives is an
urban/rural myth. But I can attest to the fact that they don't eat my
tomatoes.
Mike
"Stan The Man" <m...@pr100.com> wrote in message
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> On 2008-06-09 11:29:25 +0100, "Dave Liquorice"
> <allsortsn...@howhill.com> said:
>
>> On Mon, 9 Jun 2008 09:24:27 +0100, Mike wrote:
>>
>>>> Be aware that the connectors can and do come off. If this happens
>>>> unobserved the if you are on a water meter! Oh dear, very dear!
>>>
>>> That is what I am afraid of. However both ends would be very visible and
>>> any blow off would soon be seen.
>>
>> A hose will use an awful lot of water overnight...
>>
>> I think you can get check valves that stop the flow if the pressure drop
>> across them rises above a given amount. The pressure drop being
>> proportional to the flow rate.
>
> FWIW, I have been using a PIR sprinkler to keep rabbits off my veg plot
> and it has worked fine for a fortnight using a standard Hozelock hose and
> connectors. The tap is on 24/7 but the water only escapes when a varmit
> crosses the detector's infra-red field -- which seems to occur about once
> every couple of hours on average (but I can't be sure). Nothing has blown
> apart yet! (And my beans haven't been eaten yet!!)
>
Now that looks promising :-))
All I need to do now is get some suitable fittings for what I want to do :-)
Thanks everyone
Mike