I’m setting up my 12v reel and based on advice from other forum members, I’m going to use the hose for storage only, and set up a few sections of hose.
My question is what’s the best way to connect those 12v hose sections? I was planning on just using 1/2" stainless quick connects, but wanted to run that by the group to make sure I wasn’t making a mistake if there’s clearly a better way.
Thanks,
Aaron
Why? Buy however many feet of hose you need and put on reel. I don’t know anyone who does decent business that puts their soft wash on in sections. I don’t know of a single person that does over $250k/yr that does that. The reels are made to work
Rick, there’s people on here that disconnect from the reel with their pressure washers lol. Common sense is elusive to some
We don’t run chems through the reels…the innards got messy really quick. Sections is a whole other thing…run 150-200’, and carry a spare/emergency add on just in case of you want.
Rick, thanks for the clarification and the perspective. I think I just got turned around re: sections of hose.
Regarding disconnecting the hoses, I’m starting out with reels that have regular steel manifolds, so my goal is just to take care of them while I build things up. Thanks again.
Just trying to help make sure my reels last awhile.
Thanks Jason. I was reading a lot about people putting their hoses in sections, but maybe those were high pressure hoses.
Do you use a 1/2" quick connect both your high pressure and 12v hoses to the reel, and then simply move them over to a QC on the static plumbing after unreeling it? I’m just wondering if the higher SH % on the 12v system will be too hard on those QCs.
our 12v hose runs Banjo components. We use the camlock ones, but I think they have other options.
I have 100 foot Kuritec hoses with stainless quick connects for the 12v. They work!
This is how I roll! (get it?) It takes 5 seconds to disconnect & reconnect however much hose is necessary without running through the reel. It also takes about 5 seconds to clear the soap out of a 50 section at 4gpm. I think it’s awesome everyone has a totally unique set up. Plug BB King into Eddie Van Halen’s guitar rig, he’d have to spend 30 minutes figuring out what all the pedals & gadgets do.
Thanks Jason!
I’ve got reels 6-8 years old that I’ve never had to do a thing to the internals and that’s both my soft wash reel and my pressure reel with my standard HW is SH and Elemonator. Run high heat thru them too often. I do flush at EOD religiously though for about 45 seconds. Back to training and checklists for your guys, lol.
I didn’t know the Van Halen guy played guitar until he was in the news earlier with his passing. I thought it was just the name of a rock band. You can’t pull off just the house you need if you have to pull off a whole section. Hannay reel is $300 and will last for ten years of bleach running thru it. That’s like $2.50 a month and you’ll be so much faster than those guys messing around hooking and unhooking hoses from reels
Bull. I run 2 -100 sections. Sometimes I only need 50’ sometimes more and a lot of times I change my mind when I get on the far end of house. So I’d be pulling off all 200’ 80% of the time, going to get all tangled up, etc and then you have to pull it out from your pile as you go. No way you do that in 5 sec. Heck I can have 1/3 of the house soaped before you get ready. 
I have Hannay reels. I’ve just been using them to store the hose in 50 foot sections, so I have to round off but I would much prefer to run 100 foot hose than 250 when it’s an option. You need to listen to more rock & roll sir!
Spend just a little more and get good ones. One 1/2 way decent HW will pay the difference on something that will last you for years.
If we had trained on flushing them and had it on a checklist years ago…we’d probably not have had those issues, lol
You have to drag the hose around anyway. It takes 5 seconds to disconnect a quick connect & hook it to the injector. 50 foot sections! And I don’t doubt you can beat me in a race haha.
Really appreciate that advice. I think I have good reels (Hannay), they just don’t have the SS manifold so I was planning to be cautious. But if you’re saying flushing the hoses at EOD has kept your reels going that long, I’ll just do that and won’t worry about it.
