...... 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

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"'Mike'" wrote in message
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..... 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

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mine has stayed on for a week without problems..........

"'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

wrote in message news
"'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

"'Mike'" wrote in message
news



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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"'Mike'" wrote in message
news



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

'Mike' wrote:
"Pete Stockdale" wrote in message
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"'Mike'" wrote in message
news
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!

"Broadback" wrote in message
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'Mike' wrote:
"Pete Stockdale" wrote in message
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"'Mike'" wrote in message
news 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

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.

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Cheers
Dave.

"'Mike'" wrote in message
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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

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.

"Stan The Man" wrote in message
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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!!)


Now that looks promising :-))

All I need to do now is get some suitable fittings for what I want to do :-)

Thanks everyone

Mike