keir
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Got a new hose not so long ago, and it is getting right on my *its.
Please let me know how you go about using your reel.
How i reel mine in and out is basically like this as this is how my old'un worked no probs.
Switch controller off, drain about half the pressure out of the hose using the aquadapter then wind the hose up, once disconnected this then lets the hose relax on the reel so when unwinding it next time it unwinds nice and easy.
This new hose, it doesn't matter what way i wind it up whether under full pressure or completely drained, when unwinding the next time its just so tight that it drags the reel and jams, i then have to go to the reel and pull the hose off and it is really tight.
Its all to do with expansion and contraction of the hose depending on how much pressure is in the hose when winding it back up, a compromise for now is wind it up under pressure about a third, the drain a bit, then wind some more, then drain some more etc etc, but then what happens is when its fully relaxed it gets so baggy and loose when unwinding next it becomes derailed and gets caught up in the spindle, usually when i'm about 40 metres away....
Please let me know how you go about using your reel.
How i reel mine in and out is basically like this as this is how my old'un worked no probs.
Switch controller off, drain about half the pressure out of the hose using the aquadapter then wind the hose up, once disconnected this then lets the hose relax on the reel so when unwinding it next time it unwinds nice and easy.
This new hose, it doesn't matter what way i wind it up whether under full pressure or completely drained, when unwinding the next time its just so tight that it drags the reel and jams, i then have to go to the reel and pull the hose off and it is really tight.
Its all to do with expansion and contraction of the hose depending on how much pressure is in the hose when winding it back up, a compromise for now is wind it up under pressure about a third, the drain a bit, then wind some more, then drain some more etc etc, but then what happens is when its fully relaxed it gets so baggy and loose when unwinding next it becomes derailed and gets caught up in the spindle, usually when i'm about 40 metres away....