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G'day Gary,
The female coupling you describe would be suitable for one hose, but the other one needs the male connector. To screw it in my mate would have to twist 10's of metres of hose.
You aren't understanding how the threaded female side of the American hose coupling works.
The Female ferrule is free turning around the stem, using a replaceable neoprene compression washer to prevent leakage.
So the entire hose does not have to twist at all.
Your quick coupler is faster, but we aren't that stupid this side of the water. We also have quick couplers that can be installed on the ends of the "standard" threaded garden hose connectors. Available separately and used for situations where the hose is to be constantly connected and disconnected.
--Mac
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Shoulda called Ricky Nelson....
Went to a garden party to reminisce with my old friends
A chance to share old memories and play our songs again
When I got to the garden party, the fittings all were strange
I couldn't hook them up, they were a royal pain
CHORUS
But it's all right now, I learned my lesson well.
You see, ya can't please everyone, so ya got to please yourself
People came from miles around, everyone was there
Mac brought his spanner, there was magic in the air
'n' over in the corner, much to my surprise
Dr. Gannon hid in Dylan's shoes wearing his disguise
But it's all right now, I learned my lesson well.
The Yanks have funny fittings, they don't work down under well.
John Conley
Musica est vita
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You aren't understanding how the threaded female side of the American hose coupling works.
The Female ferrule is free turning around the stem, using a replaceable neoprene compression washer to prevent leakage.
So the entire hose does not have to twist at all.
Actually, it's the male threaded coupler on the inlet hose that would be the problem. I did understand, we used to use the same system here. We still can as that style of fitting is still available though almost nobody bothers with them.
--=-- My credo: If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing - just ask my missus, she'll tell ya  --=--You're only paranoid if you're wrong!
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G'day John,  I like it.
--=-- My credo: If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing - just ask my missus, she'll tell ya --=--You're only paranoid if you're wrong!
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Eventually everything will 'sync'.
I remember before leaving the Forest Industry (I ended up the Fire Marshal and weekend Camp foreman), we quit buying Caterpillar Tractors due to the non-metric thing. None of ever thought we'd see that day, we had about 30 Cats from D7's to D9's.
Bought Kubotas.....
And they sold wheeled skidders and we replaced them with Swedish ones. The Swedes had nice calendars...LOL...right short shorts and a bikini top on a machine in the bush with our skeeters and flies...LOL.
I worked for the last Canadian Fire Department that did not go metric. We took a terrible time over that...from others. Worked for us.
I stumbled across an apartment fire, 3rd floor, ladder to the balcony. A former friend of mine was the captain and the engineer yells I don't know what to pump at...he says "ask the bald guy with the beard..." I yell 225 psi at your 3rd guage. Guy fires it up, I step on the hose and say, 'back of 10 psi.' Got a call 2 days later, John the Italian captain says, "those kids were really impressed..." Now if they changed to metric I'd just stand on the hose and guess.....
All my garden stuff is quick connect. The faucet going out of the house has an 8 inch stem to keep the valve well inside the house, otherwise it would freeze. That's like our fire hydrants, 8 foot stem to the main....or they'd freeze too....
It's +1 today, HEAT WAVE! I love it, except it's damp and makes my arthritis scream.
1 million Canucks this year are going to Cuba on vacation. I did last year, might go to Ecuador this year, not sure yet. For 1400 CDN $ or about 1250 US I can fly return to Aussie to one city on a pass and take in three more before heading home. Sounds like a good deal but my feet swell if I leave them down longer than 7 hours. The last long bus trip I took I couldn't wear my shoes the 2nd day....
Hope you sort this out. Ain't culture wonderful!?
John Conley
Musica est vita
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