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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: britishwill on November 02, 2018, 05:52:31 pm

Title: Hozelock connectors blowing off main tap, Anything more robust?
Post by: britishwill on November 02, 2018, 05:52:31 pm
Just looking for something more secure to attach to the tap as the water pressure is so high it can blow the Hozelock connector off during production and obviously saturate the garage. The connectors are all brand new and I do not want to turn the pressure down as my tank fills really fast.
Does anyone have any ideas or experience with this problem?

Cheers

Will
Title: Re: Hozelock connectors blowing off main tap, Anything more robust?
Post by: Smudger on November 02, 2018, 05:58:29 pm
Are you using a quality make ie genuine hozelock or gardina ? Many of the cheaper ones don’t fit very well

In the gardina range you can get ones that lock on, I use these for the static system and in the vans - never leak and you can’t pull them off until you twist it to the unlock position

Darran
Title: Re: Hozelock connectors blowing off main tap, Anything more robust?
Post by: dazmond on November 02, 2018, 06:02:16 pm
Quote from: Smudger on November 02, 2018, 05:58:29 pm
Are you using a quality make ie genuine hozelock or gardina ? Many of the cheaper ones don’t fit very well

In the gardina range you can get ones that lock on, I use these for the static system and in the vans - never leak and you can’t pull them off until you twist it to the unlock position

Darran

ive found the opposite...often the £1 cheap copy ones are a better than the genuine hozelock(and tighter fit) IME.......
Title: Re: Hozelock connectors blowing off main tap, Anything more robust?
Post by: Richard Groves on November 02, 2018, 06:21:46 pm
An alternative I've used in the past are claw lock / cam or Geka connectors. They can't pop off due to their design.
https://www.waterirrigation.co.uk/hoses-and-accessories/tap-and-hose-connectors/geka-couplings.html
Title: Re: Hozelock connectors blowing off main tap, Anything more robust?
Post by: P @ F on November 02, 2018, 06:46:53 pm
Just get the brass set from Wickes , £8.99 I think they are , been using them for years and never had one pop off yet
Title: Re: Hozelock connectors blowing off main tap, Anything more robust?
Post by: P @ F on November 02, 2018, 06:50:52 pm
These

https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Brass-Garden-Hose-Pipe-Set/p/209340
Title: Re: Hozelock connectors blowing off main tap, Anything more robust?
Post by: Plankton on November 02, 2018, 08:22:52 pm
Brass on my hot tap and never had any problems.
Title: Re: Hozelock connectors blowing off main tap, Anything more robust?
Post by: Simon Parkin on November 02, 2018, 08:54:54 pm
Geka are the best and the seals stand up to repeated removal. No male or female. The seals last forever (has mine for about 5yrs and still going strong) and are replaceable (as are hoselock but reason I got geka was the rubber seals/grommets on the male HL connectors were wearing out two fast) only problems with them is you need to remove any pressure to remove and there is no auto-stop version.
Title: Re: Hozelock connectors blowing off main tap, Anything more robust?
Post by: britishwill on November 03, 2018, 04:21:39 pm
Thank you for those ideas food for thought.