Quick disconnect for heater

[Boonejeepin]

I installed some quick disconnect fittings for my heater lines today. I was tired of busting my knuckles while pulling the heater hoses for winterizing. I live in SoCal but we get near freezing at night during the winter. I sleep better knowing the water is drained since I have been told that the heater core is usually the first thing to freeze.http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/01/10/55b037ffb473df8fc66174dd4a718745.jpghttp://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/01/10/b02c00bb9ab5aa9cd5c099f2a47a4023.jpg

[viking]

That's pretty cool! You are still going to have to blow the lines out though right? This should just make it easier!

[Boonejeepin]

That's pretty cool! You are still going to have to blow the lines out though right? This should just make it easier!

Thanks. The lines still have to be cleared. I just won't bust my knuckles pulling the hose off the barbed fittings. They hold the hose really tight.

[Boonejeepin]

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[jmvotto]

Russ, hope they lst longer than my hose fittings, mine always seem to leak over time.

Great idea.

[Boonejeepin]

Russ, hope they lst longer than my hose fittings, mine always seem to leak over time.

Great idea.

Hoping the thicker brass fittings work better than my thin garden hose fittings.

[Boonejeepin]

About 4 trips out now and the connections have not leaked a drop.

[viking]

Not sure why they would leak since they are basically the same thing as used on the exhaust risers

[Boonejeepin]

Not sure why they would leak since they are basically the same thing as used on the exhaust risers

I just worried about the parts being cheaply made. These seem to be sturdy.

[trayson]

I went ahead and ordered some. I'll be installing my heater this winter, so I might as well incorporate these in the install.

[viking]

Do they make any more beefy than the ones you linked?
I'm going to order a pair as well and do this mod.

[Boonejeepin]

In all honesty these are plenty beefy.

[viking]

perfect! Thanks.

[parrothd]

If you really wanna be pimpin..:p

http://www.amazon.com/Gilmour-09QCGT-2-Piece-Green-Connector/dp/B000BQS2I0

[trayson]

If you really wanna be pimpin..:p

http://www.amazon.com/Gilmour-09QCGT-2-Piece-Green-Connector/dp/B000BQS2I0

Damn, that would have been half the cost and twice the ease as the screw ones. (not that the screw is that difficult).


EDIT: Nevermind, these don't have the barbs, so they'd have to be put inline with the ones I already bought, so they'd be additional cost, not a replacement cost.

[zabooda]

If you really wanna be pimpin..:p

http://www.amazon.com/Gilmour-09QCGT-2-Piece-Green-Connector/dp/B000BQS2I0

I used those for my outside hose for many years and they do get harder to connect with age. The only way you can tell that the connection took hold is when the faucet is turned on and you don't get sprayed. It's never a perfect connection each time but then they weren't designed to be that way.

[trayson]

Boonejeepin, I finally got around to installing my heater and have incorporated the disconnects from Amazon into the project. I noticed in the picture you posted from Amazon that there was a rubber washer whereas the ones I got didn't include that piece.

The female coupler that I got from Amazon is actually 2 pieces where the threaded part is separate from the barbed part. But again, no rubber washer, so that's making me wonder if I was supposed to get something like that... Tonight I'll have the opportunity to run my boat on the hose, so I'll look for leaks, but you could maybe save me some time if you know whether I should be using the rubber washers...

[gregski]

The washers do the sealing. The washers wear out. Garden hose leaks should not be fixed by over-tightening, which almost always makes it worse. If it leaks, just replace the washer for $0.50: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000NCWP44/

[trayson]

The washers do the sealing. The washers wear out. Garden hose leaks should not be fixed by over-tightening, which almost always makes it worse. If it leaks, just replace the washer for $0.50: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000NCWP44/

Makes sense. I just think it is kind of lame that I bought the fittings that came new in a sealed package and didn't include washers with either set. Not a big deal as they're cheap as hell and I likely have some laying around at home. But it's the hassle factor if I don't have any extras at home and have to make another trip.

[Boonejeepin]

Makes sense. I just think it is kind of lame that I bought the fittings that came new in a sealed package and didn't include washers with either set. Not a big deal as they're cheap as hell and I likely have some laying around at home. But it's the hassle factor if I don't have any extras at home and have to make another trip.

I added some hose washers from Lowe's. I didn't get any with my order either.


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