Silly hose/nozzle question

9 years ago

I'm using one of those soft spray extension wands to water my raised stock tank veggie containers. When I tighten the wand up to the hose, the sprayer on the end isn't pointing downward. If I try to spray with it downward, it loosens from the hose and leaks. The nozzle doesn't turn. How can I work around this problem? It sounds like a silly problem, but is a pain to always have that leak if I want to spray downward. What am I not thinking of? Thanks!

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rgreen48
9 years ago
2 things I can think of... try twisting the hose a little somewhere close to the spigot so that the natural angle of the hose aims the wand downward.

Or...

Maybe try another hose washer. Depending on if the wand is off center in the proper direction, you could either add a second washer to change where it stops when tightening, or change the type of washer. In general, the 'round' washers are slightly thicker than the flat washers that come with hose attachments.
isgen
9 years ago
Any way you could use a quick-connect? AFAIK, these can be rotated any way you like.
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catherinet
Original Author
9 years ago
Thanks rgreen and isgen! I'll try those things tomorrow.
rgreen48
9 years ago
I think isgen's idea is the better fix.
catherinet
Original Author
9 years ago
Yay! I bought a quick-connect thing and it fixed the problem! Funny.........I was in Home Depot looking at the connectors........they had 2 kinds of females and 2 kinds of males. I was having trouble figuring out what I needed. A sales lady asked if I needed help. I said "Well, I'm realizing that maybe I didn't pay enough attention in sex ed." hahaha She said "Well.....would you like me to explain it to you???" We both laughed. She showed me the connector I needed and it worked. Thanks again to both of you!