Hozelock Garden Hose ........
...... can withstand mains pressure.
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 -- |
Hozelock Garden Hose ........
"'Mike'" wrote in message ... ..... can withstand mains pressure. 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 -- mine has stayed on for a week without problems.......... |
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"'Mike'" writes:
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 |
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wrote in message ... "'Mike'" writes: 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 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 |
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"'Mike'" wrote in message ... 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.a...roductTypeId=7 for the hose and then near there for the connectors. They are OK - not just seem Ok !! Regards Pete www.thecanaslshop.com |
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"Pete Stockdale" wrote in message ... "'Mike'" wrote in message ... 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.a...roductTypeId=7 for the hose and then near there for the connectors. They are OK - not just seem Ok !! Regards Pete www.thecanaslshop.com Looks good Pete. How small radius can I bend it? It will be permanently fixed, but there will be tight bends in it. Mike |
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'Mike' wrote:
"Pete Stockdale" wrote in message ... "'Mike'" wrote in message ... 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.a...roductTypeId=7 for the hose and then near there for the connectors. They are OK - not just seem Ok !! Regards Pete www.thecanaslshop.com Looks good Pete. 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! |
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"Broadback" wrote in message ... 'Mike' wrote: "Pete Stockdale" wrote in message ... "'Mike'" wrote in message ... 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.a...roductTypeId=7 for the hose and then near there for the connectors. They are OK - not just seem Ok !! Regards Pete www.thecanaslshop.com Looks good Pete. 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 |
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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. -- Cheers Dave. |
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"'Mike'" wrote in message ... 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 |
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On 2008-06-09 11:29:25 +0100, "Dave Liquorice"
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!!) 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. |
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"Stan The Man" wrote in message ... On 2008-06-09 11:29:25 +0100, "Dave Liquorice" 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 |
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