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Halmyre wrote:
Our venerable hose reel refuses to accept a push-on connector any
more. No problem thinks I, I've got a spare tap fitting that looks
like it'll do the job, unscrew the fitting from the hose reel
and...it's a different size to the tap fitting! What is the ****ing
point of making two otherwise identically shaped bits of plastic with
two different thread diameters?


Heh, I got caught out by that last year.

Seems hozelock have something that has both threads - something like
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0034G5NQI I ended up finding and that sorted
it. Suspect something similar for yours (might even be that one :-))

Darren