[Sean Dyer]

As title says i need an alternative

I want to bolt my reel down in van and am going to put a roller in floor of van to take hose through floor and keep everything locked up

only trouble is hoselock connectors blowing under pressure all the time , what is the alternative

I need a  fitting that goes onto the thread which the male hoselock parts screw onto , for the inlet/outlet of my pump box and for the hosereel outlet where i currently have a hose lock

Make sense? I just dont know what the alternative would be and how i would rig it to existing fittings??? Also would i need different size hose from tank to pump box/pump box to reel and currently its 1/2" hose

Thanks

[Smudger]

i think its hard to beat good quality hoselock fittings - the only time i have had trouble with
fittings blowing off is when the pressure setting was set to high on the varistream
if you reduce this cut off to a lower setting the pump will stop quicker and not build up the pressure looking for a dead
end connection

darran

[david wood]

i dont click a hoselock connecter on to my pumps i push the hose over the pump inlet/outlet and jublee clip them on if thats what you mean and they have never come of

[landy2]

i agree hoselocks are ok only have trouble when one of the tabs break but they are cheap so always changeable ,  if you have outside ports you can work with van locked up just a thought  

[andyM]

Try reducing the pressure on your flow controller/pump. 

[Gav Camm lammy 283]

nitro fittings fr gardiners 

[Sean Dyer]

Try reducing the pressure on your flow controller/pump. 

i have done that but id rather not as i like the pressure and flow high

its more that the hoselocks , particularly on the hose reel , leak , so i dont want to fix in van with leaks...

Thanks gav i will check em out

I have persevered with hoselock , ive been through plastic ones metal ones, heap ones dear ones , all turd

Sick of em now

[Window Washers]

I use brass locking fittings you can get them from b&q about £5 each hoselock are poope and do not last imo more so if you have to connect and disconnect alot.

[Sean Dyer]

I use brass locking fittings you can get them from b&q about £5 each hoselock are poope and do not last imo more so if you have to connect and disconnect alot.

this is the problem , because they leak im de pressuring the hose reel every job before it goes back in van so they are getting worse, catch 22

[[GQC] Tim]

Pro metal hoselock fittings are good. Haven't had any problems with them, and I use hot.

[SB Cleaning]

Pro metal hoselock fittings are good. Haven't had any problems with them, and I use hot.

I agree, i use the red metal pro aqua stops, no leaks at all

[Window Washers]

Pro metal hoselock fittings are good. Haven't had any problems with them, and I use hot.

I guess you dont disconnect very often as I found these to be just as bad as standard hose locks just cost more, I dont mind paying more money for things that work, thats why I changed to brass locking ones

[[GQC] Tim]

Pro metal hoselock fittings are good. Haven't had any problems with them, and I use hot.

I guess you dont disconnect very often as I found these to be just as bad as standard hose locks just cost more, I dont mind paying more money for things that work, thats why I changed to brass locking ones

I've got a fixed reel so don't disconnect. Seems to grip the hose a lot more. Where is yours leaking from? The hose end or the o ring end?

[dazmond]

ptfe tape?

[Mike #1]

Think your problem is to high pressure as said before if you are running your pump flat out or as close to . 

When you turn water flow off with pole hose tap your connections will blow off when the pressure builds super glue might keep them on but you will be lucky .

What is ur cal setting at and what is ur flow rate setting .  Mike

[SB Cleaning]

Pro metal hoselock fittings are good. Haven't had any problems with them, and I use hot.

I agree, i use the red metal pro aqua stops, no leaks at all

I don't use a fixed reel, so I'm connecting/disconnecting all day, 3 months using these and still no leaks

[rah]

Have you tried changing the little black gasket on the male / hose reel fitting ?

Rob.

[bad trippy]

Try reducing the pressure on your flow controller/pump. 

spot on

[Dave Willis]

Could be you've got air in the system - your controller won't stop if you have, until it blows a connector off. The air keeps compressing whereas water doesn't.

[Frankybadboy]

Try reducing the pressure on your flow controller/pump. 

spot on

you know how todo it now then