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Forum: Product or Service Reviews & Evaluations

13-03-2020, 15:05

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Has anyone considered using wire for hose clamps, instead of threaded steel?

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Posted By TrentePieds

Re: Has anyone considered using wire for hose clamps, instead of threaded steel?

Yep - us peasants have all kinds of ways of making do. Particularly us seafaring peasants ;-)!

TP

Forum: Product or Service Reviews & Evaluations

13-03-2020, 12:15

Replies: 83

Has anyone considered using wire for hose clamps, instead of threaded steel?

Views: 15,886

Posted By TrentePieds

Re: Has anyone considered using wire for hose clamps, instead of threaded steel?

No, whipping twine is impervious to water, these days, being made of dacron (terrylene). Though it is NOT impervious to UV light. But UV light rarely penetrates to where your hose clamps live :-)!...

Forum: Product or Service Reviews & Evaluations

13-03-2020, 10:51

Replies: 83

Has anyone considered using wire for hose clamps, instead of threaded steel?

Views: 15,886

Posted By TrentePieds

Re: Has anyone considered using wire for hose clamps, instead of threaded steel?

Jdege:

Indeed. Being caught out is always annoying and sometimes dangerous.

This particular problem I solve by keeping spares of all relevant sizes of hose clamps in my kit. For these sorts...

Forum: Product or Service Reviews & Evaluations

13-03-2020, 09:37

Replies: 83

Has anyone considered using wire for hose clamps, instead of threaded steel?

Views: 15,886

Posted By TrentePieds

Re: Has anyone considered using wire for hose clamps, instead of threaded steel?

Why worry about it when factory made S/S hoseclamps are so ubiquitous and so cheap. Hose clamps on, say, seacocks is NOT the place to try to save a few bux.

TP

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