Check your pole hose

[P4dstar]

I cleaned the van this morning, opened the back up and found the pole hose swollen. It is 6mm pole hose but had swollen to over 1/2''. I assume it has something to do with the heat yesterday. If any of you run a tubeless set up it might be worth looking tonight to avoid messing around in the morning. Basically I'm interested to see if this has happened to anyone else or just me ?

 

[Pjj]

Ime assuming that the system was left on and pressurised ??? I have had microbore do this if the internal strengthening reinforcement has ruptured 

 

[P4dstar]

Ime assuming that the system was left on and pressurised ??? I have had microbore do this if the internal strengthening reinforcement has ruptured 

It was pressurised but not on, as in turned off while dead ended. I’m confident it wasn’t on as the battery has just charged in a few hours, had it been on long enough to go flat I imagine it would have taken a lot longer than that. I wouldn’t have noticed only I wash the van and rinse it with pure and I wouldn’t normally leave it plugged into the reel but I didn’t pack it up myself on Friday.

That stuff is just standard non reinforced hose from WCW. It felt more like a bikes inner tube than pole hose 

 

[Part Timer]

. It felt more like a bikes inner tube than pole hose 

Is that what she said ? Glad to see you're still alive stranger. 

 

[Tango]

I’m confident it wasn’t on as the battery has just charged in a few hours, had it been on long enough to go flat I imagine it would have taken a lot longer than that.

Most batteries are damaged by being drained flat. As their capacity to hold charge decreases, so does the recharging time. Eventually they recharge in seconds rather than just a few hours.

 

[spruce]

I'm sure its a combination of the warm van and pressure in the hose @P4dstar.

This is why we have always used Exceed's pole hose with the Univalve. Before the days of inline on/off switches at the brush head, our taps were on the reel hose so there was very liitle pressure inside the pole hose when cleaning and none when the tap was switched off. Non reinforced pole hose was fine. I've still got a 30m roll of the clear standard hose somewhere.

The controller would have pulsed the pump every 3 seconds so you would have drained a bit of current from the battery but a recharge would have put that right.

 

[P4dstar]

Is that what she said ? Glad to see you're still alive stranger. 

She hasn't said anything of the sort in quite some time ? I'm good though mate, just been busy saving the world, one window at a time ?

I'm sure its a combination of the warm van and pressure in the hose @P4dstar.

This is why we have always used Exceed's pole hose with the Univalve. Before the days of inline on/off switches at the brush head, our taps were on the reel hose so there was very liitle pressure inside the pole hose when cleaning and none when the tap was switched off. Non reinforced pole hose was fine. I've still got a 30m roll of the clear standard hose somewhere.

The controller would have pulsed the pump every 3 seconds so you would have drained a bit of current from the battery but a recharge would have put that right.

I reckon you're right. It was definitely turned off on Friday night jut turned off while still fully pressurised I think. The lime green hose next to it is from Gardiners and has no issues, I do keep meaning to try the exceed hose though!

 

[Iron Giant]

At the end of each working day I turn the controller off and then close the outlet from the tank and drain some water from the hose to reduce the pressure on the fittings only takes a minute.