George E. Cawthon wrote:

Jim Helfer wrote:

I have a portable dishwasher, but the water supply line that sanp-locks
onto the faucet is not long enough to use the dishwasher where I want it.

A lady in an orange smock sold me a brass M-M coupler, but when I
tried to use it to connect an extension (actually a 4 foot length of
washer supply hose - seems to be the same thing), there was quite a bit
of leakage.

Since I used rubber gaskets and tightened the connection down quite a
bit, I am guessing that the coupler solution is only for garden hoses,
and not for higher pressure applications.

I know that I can probably easily cut the hose and making it longer
with splicers and hose clamps, but I thought I'd ask for advice before
doing anything non-reversible.

Thanks for any advice.

Jim H
Pittsburgh PA


Whoa! The pressure inside is the same as the faucet for garden hoses
outsize. So anything that works outside will work inside. You
probably just had a bad connector. If you want to preserve your
original snap lock on the faucet, just cut the hose and insert a
longer piece of hose. Use the metal ribbed pieces as connectors and
tighten with hose steel hose clamps.

Oh yeah. That would be right. Just feelung a bit aprehensive about
making any permanent changes.