Punctured hose

[Jonathan Webb]

Hello,
I discovered a puncture in my rubber hose, so I cut it at that point.
I'm probably looking at this as an opportunity to gain two different sized hoses, rather than to permanently join them to make it one again.
Would you,as shown in the technical drawing below: (a) put adaptors or couplings on both the hose ends and use a double connector, if there is such a thing (or make one with a short bit of hose), or (b)use an adaptor and and coupling, which would mean that one piece wouldn't fit the compressor without another fitting.
Pros and cons of doing it either way? Or something else?
Also, is there a convention for M & F direction?
Many thanks.

 

[armalites]

Put the opposite of what's on the other end that way you have two usable hoses and can join them if needed.

 

[brightspark]

how did it get punctured bin it and get a new one unless you dropped something on it . its not nice and dangerous when they explode

 

[daleyd]

Yeah, as above. Usually a male end plugs into the compressor and a female end opposite - it needs to be that way as the female couplers are self sealing, if you did it the other way when you unplugged the hose all the air would escape

 

[gaz1]

how did it get punctured bin it and get a new one unless you dropped something on it . its not nice and dangerous when they explode

now wheres your post saying that you cut it and put a fitting on end of it because you was being all skinny flinty

that is until it went bang on you then you replaced a free gift of a hose

 

[brightspark]

now wheres your post saying that you cut it and put a fitting on end of it because you was being all skinny flinty

that is until it went bang on you then you replaced a free gift of a hose

I bought a new one and cut the bsp fittings of the end as I had the plug and socket with barbs and jubilee clips on so hardly likely to buy new fittings when there was nothing wrong with the old ones

 

[Jonathan Webb]

I tried to gloss over the how: I trod on it - it's normally strung up along the garage but had fallen down didn't realise it was on the ground. It's maybe a year old and has been used perhaps a dozen times, I'm a fairly light user and can't see that the rest of the hose is at the end of its life?

 

[chris pruteanu]

get a piece of stainless pipe and 2 crimp on jubilee clips...

 

[mtt.tr]

Buy the proper barb fittings

 

[Jonathan Webb]

Buy the proper barb fittings

That's what I was asking: there are various permutations.

 

[daleyd]

That's what I was asking: there are various permutations.

What type do have already? If you post a pic we might be able to tell. Screwfix sell both the thinner pcl and the fatter pcl xf type, but you need to know what you already have...

 

[brightspark]

just one of these double barb coupling and jubilee clips https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=d...ECAQQHQ&biw=1280&bih=641#imgrc=1DTTmik8eQZWlM

 

[Jonathan Webb]

What type do have already? If you post a pic we might be able to tell. Screwfix sell both the thinner pcl and the fatter pcl xf type, but you need to know what you already have...

I've been going with PCL XF, which I've got from Screwfix but they have a very limited range so I'll have to go online. I haven't got that much stuff, as I'm just starting out.

 

[Seadog]

Machine Mart have a reasonable range of XF stuff.

 

[tom2207]

Just put a male and female qd on it , treat it as two hoses joined together ,, use the same fittings as the rest of your kit.

 

[Jonathan Webb]

Just put a male and female qd on it , treat it as two hoses joined together ,, use the same fittings as the rest of your kit.

Thanks. What is qd?

 

[cheb]

Quick detach. In my vocabulary anyway.