For all you gardeners..
I've a hozelock reel using renewed hozelock connectors.
Where I live we have very high water pressure and now the connector from the tap onto the reel has started to pop off which drives me made when I'm down the other end of the garden!
I've renewed all O rings but on inspection I think the connector on the reel has become worn and is not gripping in the female connector, which then pops off.
I've got brass male connectors on m,y taps and they make a more secure connection so I've to replace the reel connector to see if this cures the issue.
BUT I've taken the adaptor off of the reel and the thread size seems not to match any of the brass male connectors I have.
Not being an imperial person I've measured it as 24mm, looking over ebay there seems only to be 1/2 or 3/4 inch.
Hozelock sell the reel adaptors at about £7 but I'd like to go to brass.
Anybody had this or know for sure what the size adaptor I need is?
My feeling is that hozelock have made it a unique size so it can't be copied.
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Have you tried not opening the tap fully?
I repaired a hose once with a joiner, and it was forever coming apart until I realised that it didn't do it if I didn't fully open the tap.
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Yep of course!
Although that lead to a big discussion around flow and pressure, does reducing the flow rate affect the pressure of the water or do you need a proper pressure-reducing-valve?
Anyhow, if I can't find a brass replacement I may have to by-pass the reel and go straight onto the tap connector which is brass.
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If you have a valve/trigger on your hose pipe, the pressure when the flow is shut off at the nozzle will be the same whether the tap is full or partly open. That is also when it will leak most (though not enough to drop the pressure much).
My car wash hose needs replacing, several pinholes that spray up the trouser leg etc. I have been minimising the leaks by leaving the water flowing, but that is wasteful and seems to have caused a water shortage.
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There is, and I have one, this kind of curved two pronged thing which clips iver the whole hozelock joint and holds it together.
I'll see if I can find it in the web later. It was only about a quid.
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From the hozelock site I've found out the reel inlet adaptor is 5/8" BSP size, looked everywhere for a male brass hose connector of this size but nothing.
I have found a brass reducing adaptor that goes down from the 3/4" I already have down to the 5/8", cost about £4 so I'll give it a go.
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For decades I have used Gardena fittings and hose.
I have a vast collection of their products ( fortunately the majority bought at vastly reduced prices.
Much better than Hoselock.
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I agree henry K, after years of using Hozelock and not being able to stop the lances and spray guns leaking so having to buy yet another one, we changed over to Gardena a couple of years ago.
The retractable hose works perfectly and doesn't kink either.
Incidentally, if we get a hosepipe ban does anyone know if it's permissible to use the automatic watering system on a timer for tubs and hanging baskets?
Pat
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>> Incidentally, if we get a hosepipe ban does anyone know if it's permissible to use
>> the automatic watering system on a timer for tubs and hanging baskets?
Current reports suggest the aquifers that feed most of Anglian Water's service area are still well filled and, unless we get a 1976 type dry spell, chances of a ban this year are quite small. However were one to be in place then a timer controlled watering system with appropriate pressure reducing device was allowed last time:
www.hosepipeban.org.uk/2012/03/26/anglian-water-hosepipe-ban-restrictions-2012/
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Thanks Bromp!
That makes it worth the time and effort to install it then:)
Pat
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>> Current reports suggest the aquifers that feed most of Anglian Water's service area are still
>> well filled and, unless we get a 1976 type dry spell, chances of a ban
>> this year are quite small. However were one to be in place then a timer
>> controlled watering system with appropriate pressure reducing device was allowed last time:
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>> www.hosepipeban.org.uk/2012/03/26/anglian-water-hosepipe-ban-restrictions-2012/
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It was nearly before my time, so I have little recollection of it, but wasn’t the long hot spell in ‘76 preceded by a dry autumn/winter in 1975?
We haven’t had a particularly dry spell for a few years, so I’d imagine most aquifers are okay. The issue will be from a agricultural perspective that most abstraction licences, be they from above ground watercourses or boreholes, are volume/season limited, so even if water is available they won’t be legally able to extract it. Hence the noise about potato shortages, salad shortages, veg shortages. Combine that with the meat shortages caused by the CO2 capacity issues and there’ll be nothing to eat soon ;)
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Brass fittings - mostly sourced from LIDL represent excellent vfm and survive the high pressures of french water mains. They also have the benefit that you can drive a car over them:)
Cheap plastic copies are generally ok for low pressure watering systems fed from header tanks.
You have to be brave (and financially unaware) to leave any automatic system coupled directly to a a mains fed system!
Last edited by: sherlock47 on Wed 4 Jul 18 at 07:28
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The Gardena equipment is the best, Hozelock have flooded the market being in most DIY and garden centres compared to anybody else.
If I was buying over from the start then I would go for Gardena although the pro-level Hozelock pipe has stood up very well.
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The early Hozelock connectors are not directly compatible with Gardena or the present Hoselock items. Why, because Hoselock chose to have femail connectors on all devices ?
The Hoselock range is quite limited but the Gardena range is really vast plus their other wide range of tools etc.
If you need a very good hose reel?
tinyurl.com/y9ea9xmj
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After having the problems described a few years ago I went all brass fittings. The only problem since has been a couple of dribbling connectors, fixed by replacing the "O" ring seal.
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Hozelock connector size? - VxFan
