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Thread Number: 83485
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
washing machine fill hoses - TC5 |
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Post# 1078060 , Reply# 1 6/20/2020 at 23:49 (1,398 days old) by combo52  (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Fill Hose Size. Hi, I dough that your hoses are 3/4" inside diameter, the SQ hoses are 3/8" inside diameter, which is plenty large enough.
You can of corse you the hoses you have now on a new SQ.
3/8" ID hoses are less expensive to make, they do not waste as many materials to make, they are plenty large enough and they are less likely to burst.
John L. | ||
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Post# 1078103 , Reply# 3 6/21/2020 at 08:22 (1,398 days old) by estesguy (kansas) |
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Looking around on the linked page, it would appear the 3/4" is an outside dimension, with most likely 1/2" ID. Stepping down to a 3/8s ID would only be a small decrease and unlikely to be a problem like John said. | ||
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Post# 1078113 , Reply# 4 6/21/2020 at 09:31 (1,397 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Smaller Diameter Hoses | ||
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Post# 1078122 , Reply# 5 6/21/2020 at 10:54 (1,397 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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Post# 1078257 , Reply# 7 6/22/2020 at 13:58 (1,396 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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did my eyes roll out loud again? | ||
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Post# 1078317 , Reply# 8 6/22/2020 at 21:49 (1,396 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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Post# 1078359 , Reply# 9 6/23/2020 at 10:23 (1,395 days old) by kb0nes (Burnsville, MN) |
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A larger internal hose diameter has more surface area to have pressure against it. For a given wall thickness a smaller diameter will have a higher burst pressure.
The stainless braid on the outside sure looks pretty, but it likely does nearly nothing to make the hose more burst resistant. Best thing is does is offer abrasion resistance. The real strength of the hose comes from the plastic fibers that are molded into the rubber. While talking about hose failures remember that a hose almost never fails along its length unless it was damaged. They blow out of a fitting at the end. Quality of construction is far more important than pretty stainless braid. Like the nearly worthless gold TiN coating on box store drill bits, stainless braid sells a lot of hoses too. In any case hook up a 4" fire hose to your machine and it will still take the same time to fill. | ||
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Post# 1079003 , Reply# 12 6/28/2020 at 10:04 (1,390 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Intlet Hoses | ||
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Post# 1079009 , Reply# 13 6/28/2020 at 11:05 (1,390 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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