[geefree]

Hi can anyone remember a guy saying he had tried everything to stop leaks, all connectors , then he found some as cheap as chips that never leak,

i have tried the search engine but nothing..

 cant get a connector that fits to the hosereel

and does not drip drip drip............cheers for any help here..........


gary

[windowwashers]

Hi can anyone remember a guy saying he had tried everything to stop leaks, all connectors , then he found some as cheap as chips that never leak,

i have tried the search engine but nothing..

 cant get a connector that fits to the hosereel

and does not drip drip drip............cheers for any help here..........


gary

maybe these:

http://www.easywatering.co.uk/acatalog/Brass_Hose_Fittings.html

[geefree]

thanks for that.... but no... they were a new product and plastiv.

[Captain Scarlet]

The brass ones are brilliant, Luke

[geefree]

hi, i sewar i have tried them all and i cant stop the drips lol

[Tim Rose]

Just accept it.

[geefree]

nope ... thats like saying i should accept the toilet leaking all over the floor !! :

[m.b.s.]

nope ... thats like saying i should accept the toilet leaking all over the floor !! :

mines the same m8 wish it didnt if you have any luck let me know and i will do the same m8

[windowwashers]

hi, i sewar i have tried them all and i cant stop the drips lol

where is the drip coming from? please dont just say the connection, I had a problem with my outside van connections dripping, and found a nut was a little loose, this cut down on pressure to fill, always the simple thingsa are the hardest to find  :

[geefree]

i bet it's dripping from where the hose from pump attaches to the hose reel!!

am i right?

bang on

[Alex Gardiner]

I always sit my hose reels in a custom made drip tray.  It holds 2 hosereels and I only have to empty it about once a week.  Previously I had made some myself out of cut down plastic tubs.

[frames to panes]

If you have Hozelock fittings then they are pretty useless imo - they are not designed to spin all the time and not designed for the pressures we use. I bought a metal reel and a metal elbow type connector from Gardiners - brilliant!

[geefree]

Thanks everyone i think i will look at those elbow connectors or a drip tray..

thing is .. why  are you using a drip tray Alex when Djw has the solution and he got them from you.??

[Alex Gardiner]

Strange isn't it!  It just shows everyone has personal tastes. Although we supply the metal hose reels and brass elbows, I personally do not use the metal hose reels as I find them far too heavy. I stick to good old-fashioned hoselock reels which do still drip.  This is not a problem for me as I always use the reels outside of the vehicle and the only water that the drip trays have to catch is the excess that comes out of the hoses when they are unplugged and stored in the vehicle.

easy clean's tip certainly sounds worth a try.

[Captain Scarlet]

I stick to good old-fashioned hoselock reels

Arrrrrggggg....how can you use one of them!!!!!!  I fill my tank with a hozelock reel, they are terrible, so light and flimsy. The winding action isnt clean either!!! you are in my bad books Alex 

[geefree]

Yes i will try everything..... i too use mine out of the van because of the drips lol.. use decent sized hose so i can take it to the side , rear or front depending on van park location... or hose trapping under wheels etc.

[frames to panes]

My reel never leaves the van now- no drips. I managed to crush my Hozelock reels and had a terrible time with them (too much water pressure). Trouble is i now have arms like noodles what with my Superlight and all.

[billozz]

Hi can anyone remember a guy saying he had tried everything to stop leaks, all connectors , then he found some as cheap as chips that never leak,

i have tried the search engine but nothing..

 cant get a connector that fits to the hosereel

and does not drip drip drip............cheers for any help here..........


gary

maybe these:

http://www.easywatering.co.uk/acatalog/Brass_Hose_Fittings.html

these fittings will NOT work with hoselock reels we have exactly the same problemand have not really found a permenant cure we have found that it isnt just the oring that wears the whole fitting does and guess what, you cannot buy them from b&q or anywhere like that we had to go direct to hoselock to get ours.
i have to say that we have had a lot of trouble with hoslock reels i have seen comments from people saying that they have had hoselock reels for years with no problems i find this hard to believe we had probs right from the start with the reels being forced apart by the pressure expanding the hose and forcing the 2 halves of the reel apartalso endless probs with leeks etc and i know we will eventually move to another rell maybe metal
sorry to ramble but it a pain
Bill

[wightsurf]

I had this dripping prob ,two days ago i took the rubber o ring off the male fitting put a bit of ptfe tape  in the gap where the o ring came from put the o ring back.No leaks at the mo  

[billozz]

where can you buy the orings from??