nucopia said:Hope its ok to interupt and ask a similar question on hoses fittings.
I have a mate thats works for the RFS and he is giving me 30m x 38mm canvas lay flat hose. i have to change the fittings and bought cam locks to do that.
My question.
I went to bunnings today to look at the pool hose to use for the intake hose, 9m x 38mm. I took along a 38mm male hose < female cam lock ( male inserts in hose with female cam lock) to see it it fits inside the pool hose but the hose is slightly smaller due to the end piece and wont fit over the end.
Im wondering, do I cut off the end of the pool hose and fit the male strait into the expandable section and use hose clamps , or can I heat the end of the pool hose and force it over the male section of the cam lock and then clamp it with hose clamps ?
9m. Pool hose in bunnings is pretty expensive about $40 for 9 m ..So I dont want to buy it and then stuff it up.
Thanks for any info suggestions.
Your Going to have to get a perfect seal for your suction hose to keep prime , so do which ever option gives that seal , its hard to guess with out seeing the pool hose 8) ,
The only bother with canvas is you will have to hang them out to dry after each use or they will rot . Its better than cheap layflat as it wont kink as much .
I am also an rfs member and have played with plenty of 38 mm wetline canvas its good stuff. Your mate doesn't have a second roll on the cheap ?
Your fire hose will have "stortz" couplings so if ya want to get rid of them I would be interested