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JSMC

  • Posts: 3511
univalve and push fitting problems
« on: May 29, 2017, 11:06:56 am »
When i pull on hose it has started coming out the push fitting. Changed to new push fitting and same problems. Other pole set up exactly the same with no problems for best part of a year.

Pole is set up as follows

Univalve secured with o clips
Hose leaving univale into push fitting n then onto brush.


Smudger

  • Posts: 13438
Re: univalve and push fitting problems
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2017, 11:16:52 am »
Are you using a Gardiners goose neck, or equivalent where you feed the hose through a hole ?
If so put an o clip on the hose where it exits the gooseneck this stops pull on the hose connection to the brush
HTH

darran
Never argue with an idiot, they will only bring you down to their level, and beat you with experience

JSMC

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Re: univalve and push fitting problems
« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2017, 11:44:27 am »
Yeah that is already done. Forgot to mention that

jo5hm4n

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Re: univalve and push fitting problems
« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2017, 01:37:13 pm »
Where is the problem occuring.  Is it on the hose inbetween where you are pulling and the univalve itself, or on the side between the univalve and the brush?  I used to have a push fitting inbetween where i pulled the hose and the univalve, and this started to become a regular problem every few weeks/months, so i replaced the hose without a push connector in the end.  However, i switched to barb connectors and this almost completely solved the problem, it was much better than standard push fit.  Hope that helps in anyway.


JSMC

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Re: univalve and push fitting problems
« Reply #4 on: May 29, 2017, 01:41:25 pm »
Where hose enters the first push fitting after leaving univalve.

JandS

  • Posts: 4272
Re: univalve and push fitting problems
« Reply #5 on: May 29, 2017, 02:13:12 pm »
Remove the push fitting and just have hose till past where the hose leaves the pole.
Impossible done straight away, miracles can take a little longer.

KS Cleaning

  • Posts: 3955
Re: univalve and push fitting problems
« Reply #6 on: May 29, 2017, 03:30:22 pm »
When i pull on hose it has started coming out the push fitting. Changed to new push fitting and same problems. Other pole set up exactly the same with no problems for best part of a year.

Pole is set up as follows

Univalve secured with o clips
Hose leaving univale into push fitting n then onto brush.
Do you have your univalve fitted the right way round, i.e the moving part pointing to the base of the pole?

JSMC

  • Posts: 3511
Re: univalve and push fitting problems
« Reply #7 on: May 29, 2017, 09:11:18 pm »
Univalve has been working fine this has just started happening.

Spruce

  • Posts: 8465
Re: univalve and push fitting problems
« Reply #8 on: May 29, 2017, 09:40:02 pm »
Univalve has been working fine this has just started happening.

Could be because of the warmer weather. We have used Aquadapter orange hose for years and we had to fit pipe inserts into the hose to stop it collapsing and pulling out of the connectors.

https://ex-ceedinnovation.co.uk/shop/hoses-connectors/tube-strengthening-insert/
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Simon Trapani

  • Posts: 1562
Re: univalve and push fitting problems
« Reply #9 on: May 30, 2017, 11:39:54 am »
Spruce has nailed it I think.