I don't actually want to use a timer - I just want to use a hosepipe without
water pouring down the house wall or the whole lot blowing off the tap. I
have at least 12 of these connectors - all the correct size but everyone
leaks, and I can guarantee if I bought a new one tomorrow that would leak as
well.

(but then we are sending our 3rd new fridge back because it doesn't work
properly;, have just bought a vacuum cleaner that is hopeless and given up
with it, and have a bill for £9000 for our extension plumbing, and that
doesn't work correctly either, so maybe its us)



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I laugh when I see it suggested that you leave a timer connected to a
tap - with the tap open.

Every hosepipe and connector I have ever had leak or blows off the
mains tap/sprinkler. And that includes expensive ones with a Z in the
name.

Is it just me?

They don't if you use the proper screw thread connectors and gekos for
where you want to undo and reconnect.


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Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cvs
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk

What's a geko (apart from a lizardy thying)?

A metal connector in two halfs which twist together and lock with rubber
seals, much more reliable than those snap connectors. (I may have spelt it
wrong!)

There shouldn't be pressure on the hose, fit the timer valve to the tap
and the hose to it, so if the valve is shut, no pressure on the hose, if
the valve is open then so are the watering outlets so you shouldn't get
full pressure and even if you do it will only be for a few minuets


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Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cvs
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk