hi new to this i am buying a slide-on and i am looking at hoses, saw the clip for flat out aust i have a lack of space. so this looks good (maybe) any advise would be helpful
I bought a water hose for human consumption from Bunnings. Its blue and white and the card that comes with it has written on it that its for human consumption. It wasn't very expensive, I think under 20.00
was going to ask the same question HW. Looked at them in Bunnings. The hose supplied with van is not long enough so need to join. Those on the reel look great, but...
They are in the same area as garden hoses and the same lengths as garden hoses, just a different colour and if I remember rightly comes in two lengths. I bought the shorter length which is plenty long enough. The longer one was over 30.00.
I initially purchased a "flatouthouse" from our local caravan dealer.
On the second year out we where using it in acaravan park in NSW when this person came along and asked why I had such horrible connections to the van?
I replied that this is the way it had come and I had simply made up an adaptor to suit.
"I can give you something better than that" he replied and off he went.
A few minutes later he came back with a real smart setup and proceded to tell me he was the manufacturer of the hoses and I should have gotten the fitting he was now "giving" me."
I then went on to show him and ask "how could I repair a small leak in the hose?"
He had a quick look at it, asked if I had ever driven over it when in use? No!
Off he went again and came back with a new hose.
"There you are, that looks like a manufacturing problem to me. Here's a new one under warranty."
Have now had the hose for another 5 years and no problems.
Can't get better service than that, and that's why it is worth paying the extra for quality and service.
Incidentally, we have gone thru TWO of the cheaper Bunnings hoses with less use around the home.
You are right Landfall, you only get what you pay for. But can also argue, that you can buy 4 or 5 for the price. I'm thinking that unless it gives the water a plastic taste then perhaps it will do the job just as well.
I have a short length of food grade hose that I use if parked close to the tap otherwise I use one of these flatout hoses. My storage space in the Goldstream is limited so it's handy.
At one stage I bought a flatout sullage hose and found it was useless so I recovered the reel and use it for my power lead. The hose is cluttering up a space in my garage waiting to be thrown out....another one of those "they must have seen me coming" purchases. Sometimes I think I must have "sucker" stamped on my forehead when I walk into a camping store!
I got the food quality hose from Bunnings and put it on a reel so I only roll off what I need at the time . Before the reel I put the rolled up hose in one of the small stripe bags that you get in those $2.00 shops and carried it on the draw bar grate . Am I right in assuming that the flatout hose has to be taken completely off the reel before charging it with water.
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I got the food quality hose from Bunnings and put it on a reel so I only roll off what I need at the time . Before the reel I put the rolled up hose in one of the small stripe bags that you get in those $2.00 shops and carried it on the draw bar grate . Am I right in assuming that the flatout hose has to be taken completely off the reel before charging it with water.
Yes, you are correct.
Same with the electrical cord, but of course that's for safety reasons.
I got the food quality hose from Bunnings and put it on a reel so I only roll off what I need at the time . Before the reel I put the rolled up hose in one of the small stripe bags that you get in those $2.00 shops and carried it on the draw bar grate . Am I right in assuming that the flatout hose has to be taken completely off the reel before charging it with water.
Yes, you are correct.
Same with the electrical cord, but of course that's for safety reasons.
Cheers
Dusty
That's the reason I have a short length of hose so I don't have the "flatout" running all around the site when I'm right next to the tap. I carry a short extension cord for the same reason.
I have had the same food grade hoses for 12years. No problems.
I have a 21'6" van with a chassis that has slots in the cross members.
I pushed 4 lenghts of 40mm pipe thru the crossmember slots for the full length of the van & finished them off with a 'plumbdinger'.
Two are used for drainage hose & two for water supply. I seal the water hoses off with connectors & plastic feet. This way I have two 7meter straight lenghts of both water & sullage hose ready for use & not rolled up! Easy to deploy & stow. No smells!
(I do have a spare of each hose in the open chassis - maybe used once or twice in 12yrs & another in its pipe with a spray hose attached for washing car or van)
I got the food quality hose from Bunnings and put it on a reel so I only roll off what I need at the time . Before the reel I put the rolled up hose in one of the small stripe bags that you get in those $2.00 shops and carried it on the draw bar grate . Am I right in assuming that the flatout hose has to be taken completely off the reel before charging it with water.
Yes, you are correct.
Same with the electrical cord, but of course that's for safety reasons.
Cheers
Dusty
That's the reason I have a short length of hose so I don't have the "flatout" running all around the site when I'm right next to the tap. I carry a short extension cord for the same reason.
I 've done the same with my waste water hose I cut it into 2100 mm lenghts and carry it in my pole carrier sometimes you are right next to an outlet other times it's a few meters away so I just join them together as required
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My human consumption hose has been on the van since 2006 with no problems. I had to do a bit of adapting to attach to the odd connection for mains water on the van. I use a larger clear plastic hose for drainage. I don't like the wrinkly black version. From time to time I back flush it out with the hose pressure, clean it out with carb soda and vinegar followed by hot water and detergent. When I'm travelling I coil my hoses and put them on the weldmesh rack I had welded to the under-side of the A frame. I hook an occy strap around for further safety. The rack has a buffer on the back edge to avoid losing the hoses out the back. No smells and spillage in the van lockers and storage. I find reels take up room I don't have.
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I have mine stored in the cupboard under the fridge only cause thats where they were when I got Myrtle. I must find a better spot to free up that space. Maybe out in the well up above the cabin once I check out the security of the hooks that are there, they don't look very secure to me.
I have mine stored in the cupboard under the fridge only cause thats where they were when I got Myrtle. I must find a better spot to free up that space. Maybe out in the well up above the cabin once I check out the security of the hooks that are there, they don't look very secure to me.
Hi HW .. See if you can find a spot to attach a 'bazooka' ie a bit of 100mm pipe with a fixed cap on one end & a removable one on the other. Some CVs have them across the front or rear.
Cut your pipes into lengths and fit connectors to join them together. See my previous pic.
For the waste/sullage pipe (if you use one) joiners can be easily made from bits of conduit of the right size.
The Bazooka (s) can also be used to store a few tent poles or such if required
Maybe Glenn could use a similar approach also with his slide on.
-- Edited by Cupie on Saturday 4th of June 2011 04:33:59 PM
-- Edited by Cupie on Saturday 4th of June 2011 04:35:16 PM
Thanks Cupie, I do have a "Bazooka" across the front. At the moment it si filled with tent poles. Never thought of cutting the hoses up like that. I did look at your previous pics and thought that was a great idea. Maybe I can find somewhere else to put another "Bazooka" or put two across the front.
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