In message , Old Codger
wrote
On 04/06/2011 19:05, Reentrant wrote:
On 04/06/2011 07:39, Gareth wrote:
Stupidly I forgot to turn off a garden tap for a few hours

After you get the tap fixed, and before the hosepipe ban, you might want
to get a clockwork hose timer. Just a fiver or so on eBay

£20 from Wilko, bought one yesterday, it has an additional manual
outlet and valve as well.



You can get fully programmable timers for that price although places
like Aldi/Lidl only have them for sale on an infrequent basis.

And before anyone mentions crap brands and you get what you pay for. In
my experience they are lot better than the timers made by Hozelock
where a few drops of water collect in the corner of the plastic case
resulting in corroded electronic components.
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Alan
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