Have you had a hose melt?

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LoQ
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Have you had a hose melt?

Post by LoQ » Tue Nov 18, 2008 10:06 pm

Some people mentioned having a hose melt. I'm not sure of all of the occasions, but at least a few people mentioned it melting when using the repti-cable.

If you have had a hose melt or heat-damaged for any reason, would you please post what type of hose it was? I need a back-up hose, and I use the repti-cable, and if all of the melt-downs involve a particular brand of hose, naturally I would want to avoid that one.

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Re: Have you had a hose melt?

Post by 6PtStar » Tue Nov 18, 2008 10:24 pm

If I remember it was not a problem with the hose. Some folks got carried away and bought the higher wattage repti-cable which got to hot.

Jerry

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Re: Have you had a hose melt?

Post by LoQ » Tue Nov 18, 2008 10:28 pm

That wasn't the only problem: viewtopic.php?p=256521#p256521

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Re: Have you had a hose melt?

Post by Goofproof » Tue Nov 18, 2008 10:40 pm

6PtStar wrote:If I remember it was not a problem with the hose. Some folks got carried away and bought the higher wattage repti-cable which got to hot.

Jerry
They also forgot the rules of physics, if something is supposed to produce heat and you stop removing that heat it gets hotter. jim

Maybe, if they just made a stainless steel CPAP hose! Na!, Someone would come along and want to heat it with a blowtorch!
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