[Clever Forum Name]

I have seen a van on the internet with van ports. Instead of hozelock female
Connectors it's had like a chrome/silver male connector.

Anybody know where I can buy these from or what I would like is.

Hozelock male on one end and then a barb type connector on the other end.

Just fed up of losing these plastic male to male
Connectors

Thanks.

[S.A.J]

Do you mean this

[Clever Forum Name]

Awesome yes I do. Very few vans have this. It makes sense to have it this way!

Do you know where to buy this from?

Thanks.

[[GQC] Tim]

Awesome yes I do. Very few vans have this. It makes sense to have it this way!

Do you know where to buy this from?

Thanks.

There is good reason why you don't see many of them because when you disconnect your hose reel all the pressurized water jets out of your system at a million miles an hour.

[Pete Thompson]

There is good reason why you don't see many of them because when you disconnect your hose reel all the pressurized water jets out of your system at a million miles an hour.

Not if its installed right.

I have them on my system, and it has a shut-off valve on the inside, you simply close this before you disconnect the hose and there's no problem.  This also stops the connector from dripping when not connected  (which all female ones do).

I don't like the ones that have female 'auto-stop' connectors, because when disconnected from the hose, the connector has all the power of the pump pushing the little plunger out.  You then need super-human strength to attach the hose again with a male piece. And it's at an awkward angle to push hard againast it, especially on a cold day.

[S.A.J]

from Varitech streamline systems

No water comes out when we disconnect as we have taps just inside the doors to shut the water off  

[Clever Forum Name]

Thanks guys. I don't disconnect the hose from ports to reel. As I use a simple bungie and strap door from house to house. Can't come undone.

[Pete Thompson]

Thanks guys. I don't disconnect the hose from ports to reel. As I use a simple bungie and strap door from house to house. Can't come undone.

 

So do you drive around with the reel still connected on the outside?  How do you shut the door?

[Clever Forum Name]

Small bungie cord from door to ply line. No different than going down the tip with the boot strapped.

[[GQC] Tim]

Go it from Varitech streamline systems

No water comes out when we disconnect as we have taps jus tinside the door to shut the water off!

Looks good, didn't seem to be around when I installed my first system years ago, hence the comment on what happens if you just have the male hoseloc.

[robert mitchell]

I have female ports and have no problem connecting hosereel.

I have the stainless steel ones that grippa sell , you pull a collar back to connect and get no leaks .

[Pete Thompson]

Here's mine:

Outside:



Inside with shut-off valve:

[craig mcneil]

How do you guys cope in the winter? With me it's hard enough keeping the insides defrosted without having to deal with external hoses and taps.

[rg1]

How do you guys cope in the winter? With me it's hard enough keeping the insides defrosted without having to deal with external hoses and taps.

One reason why I did away with mine.

[TheWindowManChris]

I know a local guy here with these and somebody put some silicon up them on night.

[Pete Thompson]

 I know a local guy here with these and somebody put some silicon up them on night.

Lol how malicious!

Nice thing about John Guest fittings, easy to swap out.

[TheWindowManChris]

I know a local guy here with these and somebody put some silicon up them on night.

Lol how malicious!

Nice thing about John Guest fittings, easy to swap out.

He said all he had to do was just turn water on for long enough and it slowly came out.   He know it was not a kid who did that.

[S.A.J]

How do you guys cope in the winter? With me it's hard enough keeping the insides defrosted without having to deal with external hoses and taps.

Doesn't really get that cold down this far south   maybe 1 or 2 days where things freeze up but nothing major  

Plus we run hot water systems with frost stats, when it drops to 2c the heater kicks in and sends warm water round most of the system. If the ports are frozen a quick squirt of warm water soon melts the ice.