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"Terryc" wrote in message ... George.com wrote: I basically want to rig a bodge job for a few dollars. The outlet hose is quite a bit bigger than a standard garden hose. I don't want to pay much money for any hosing if possible. Unless I can get my hands on 20 odd lengths of the WM outlet hose & find a simple way of joining them I think I may be stuck with a smaller diameter hose (like garden hose) & some mechanism to have to narrow the diameter down. Bunnings here would charge about $6 per metre length which runs out to around $100 bucks for something that would do the back lawn. Too much for my liking. If you have any bright ideas let me know. I will report back on my progress. Using standard garden hose is not going to work, unless the washing machine empties into a surge tub (laundry sink?). If you try and use the wm pump to pump it that length, you will end up burning it out. you mean the pump will burn out if I try to force water through a NARROWER diameter pipe? Or it will burn out if I try & pump the water 20 odd metres down the SAME diameter pipe? Sounds like you are just goingto have to bite the bullet and buy stuff unless yuou want to scavenge vacume cleaner hosing or such. I had a look round this evening & reckon I can salvage the outlet hoses from a range of second hand dumper washing machines. If I stop bye a couple of the big whiteware outlets & maybe bung the stores man a box of beer he may collect them for me. The outlet hose fits onto a connection with a butterfly clip. On the inside of the machine is another connection fixture where the same diameter pipe feeds from the WM tub. I reckon that connection fixture holds the key to me being able to bodge together 20 m of pipe. It won't look pretty but it will likely do the job, dependent on your answer to my question above. My wife may let me get away with a crap looking length of pipe but not likely a big bin outside the window. rob |
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