Water hoses for drinking
does any one out there use any special hoses other than normal garden hoes?
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We currently have a stainless machine end, lined with dark vinyl or whatever with silver in it, blue outside with reinforcement in the outside jacket.
The reasons for a lined hose is white hose lets light in and any algae etc in the water, now matter how little will grow in a white or clear hose lying in the sun. the lining stops the sun and the silver kills aor cuts down on any nasties that may be in the water.
The reason for the stainless ends or solid brass, either getting hard to find, is they don't bend or crush as easily as the stamped metal with brass plating that will leak the first second or third time etc you use the hose, and or blow off if the thin hose doesn't burst first when you hook up to 80 lb or higher pressure source, or even 40 lbs.
I've notices some hoses now resembling ours with aluminum ends that appear as machined and sometimes plated to look like stainless or nickel.
Brass plated stamped metal hose ends in addition corrode and when it feel gritty trying to connect up it may not seal. Use the pliers and it get worse net time because it bends.
So most people buy one and throw it away next trip or two or three and some report using the same one for years. I need them to do our taxes.
Carry a supply of good washers.
I haven't seen any more hoses like ours, but I haven't been looking. Have seen some similar but not lined.
I'm convinced I could make a fortune, with a big reel of the right hose material, and lots of stainless steel ends and hydraulic crimper, pressure tester and some training, going around to RV events, provided I could get it a good price and sell it at a profitable price, but not so high people would continue to by the throw away chinese stuff.
Then there is the filter thing. It could fill a whole forum.
We currently have a stainless machine end, lined with dark vinyl or whatever with silver in it, blue outside with reinforcement in the outside jacket.
The reasons for a lined hose is white hose lets light in and any algae etc in the water, now matter how little will grow in a white or clear hose lying in the sun. the lining stops the sun and the silver kills aor cuts down on any nasties that may be in the water.
The reason for the stainless ends or solid brass, either getting hard to find, is they don't bend or crush as easily as the stamped metal with brass plating that will leak the first second or third time etc you use the hose, and or blow off if the thin hose doesn't burst first when you hook up to 80 lb or higher pressure source, or even 40 lbs.
I've notices some hoses now resembling ours with aluminum ends that appear as machined and sometimes plated to look like stainless or nickel.
Brass plated stamped metal hose ends in addition corrode and when it feel gritty trying to connect up it may not seal. Use the pliers and it get worse net time because it bends.
So most people buy one and throw it away next trip or two or three and some report using the same one for years. I need them to do our taxes.
Carry a supply of good washers.
I haven't seen any more hoses like ours, but I haven't been looking. Have seen some similar but not lined.
I'm convinced I could make a fortune, with a big reel of the right hose material, and lots of stainless steel ends and hydraulic crimper, pressure tester and some training, going around to RV events, provided I could get it a good price and sell it at a profitable price, but not so high people would continue to by the throw away chinese stuff.
Then there is the filter thing. It could fill a whole forum.
