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Posted by Limp Arbor on July 30, 2008, 2:37 pm
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> > > I've used the plastic quick connect couplers on the front and back
> > > hoses for years. Over time they'd degrade and break or crack so early
> > > Spring of 07, I replaced both hoses with longer ones and all the
> > > plastic couplers/adapters with brass ones (that was a bit of an
> > > investment I tell you, especially considering my wife's collection of
> > > nozzles and sprinklers.) Put a good rubber Craftsman hose on the fron=
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> > > faucet and what I thought was a good industrial hose from Sam's on th=
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> > > back. No problems with the front set up, but the back gave us fits wi=
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> > > water pressure. Sometimes we'd have a good flow, sometimes not, and i=
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> > > usually flucuated during any watering session. If you'd pop the nozzl=
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> > > off and reseat it the pressure usually came back. Needless to say thi=
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> > > made watering a pain, but we got used to it. This trick didn't work
> > > with a set sprinkler so my wife would end up doing a lot of the garde=
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> > > by hand or many sessions of moving the sprinkler. Last week she came =
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> > > really riled up, there was no pressure at all. I checked indoor facet=
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> > > and the front outdoor one, all was fine so no problems with the water
> > > main. I was scratching my head when it dawned on me that the one thin=
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> > > I never checked was the brass couplers on the back hose and nozzles.
> > > Removed them and did we have water pressure! So much that my wife
> > > complained that nonadjustable nozzle was beating up her plants. I
> > > swapped nozzles and she was happy. She put on the new fancy garden
> > > sprinkler she bought last year that never worked for her and it worke=
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> > > beautifully. So my question is, what's going on? The new rubber hose
> > > with brass couplers works fine in the front, but the 'Sam's' hose in
> > > the back doesn't. The house was built in 1949 and as far as I know
> > > still has the original plumbing to the outside faucets. While we're
> > > staying away from the brass couplers in the back (gad, I could have
> > > bought some cool toys/gadgets for what I dumped on them...) I'd
> > > appreciate anyone's explanation.
> > > Thanks,
> > > Larry
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> > > Larry Dawsonhttp://web.mac.com/capnlarry
> > > ldaw...@macosx.com
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> > > "I don't know whether it's a virtue or a vice in me, but regularly
> > > rereading favorite books has always been one of the quasi-
> > > religious ceremonies with which I occupy my life."
> > > Fritz Leiber
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> > The female couplers that you talk about with the auto shutoff don't
> > work very well. Even with the male part plugged in the flow is less
> > than optimum. You can verify this yourself by timing how long it
> > takes to fill a bucket with and without them.
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> > I replaced mine with the ones that don't shutoff when unplugged.- Hide =
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> yeah I tried those quick disconnects too and tossed them. low flow was
> the norm.
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> its easier to always leave my hoses connected....
My experience has been only the quick connects that auto shutoff when
unplugged have low flow. The 'cheaper' ones that are just a connector
work great.
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