Loud boom in garage is never good

Does the compressor vibrate enough to cause a stress crack?
Maybe you could add some strain relief at the compressor end of the hose.

Good point!  Yes, the SB does jerk back and forth. Not violently. But it does shake. Its heavy and doesnt move persay. I have it sitting on a sturdy tablesaw stand. AND yes, it was the stock SB male fitting that got the light ball gouges. Seems all of my male fittings have these wear marks in them to some extent. But I think it is just the amount of times they have been worked. I do change them out when they get to looking bad. But only with ss ones. No brass here!

Quote from: Taso1000 on September 21, 2018, 01:56:39 AM

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It's like when we had the restaurant.  If you drop a knife let it fall to the floor.  It took me 3 or 4 times and a bunch of band-aid's to get rid of the "grab for it" reflex.   

Good advise for a lot of sharp or heavy things. I'll add that what you want to also cultivate is a reflex to move your feet. If I fumble something, I've learned to think of my toes/foot/ankle first and get them out of the way!

While I'm here, let me connect this to a discussion from not too long ago of this same foster connector issue: https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php?topic=147199.msg1499572#msg1499572

Yup!  Feet needed training too!   

Taso

Darrell,

Have you contacted Air Venturi to let them know about the hose failure?  Hopefully they will switch out the connector in future production and may even replace your defective hose?

If they don't know there is a problem they won't look into fixing it.   

Thanks,

Taso

Task
No, I didn’t contact them. I have a couple fill stations with their hoses and a couple other of their hoses I use for filling guns. Never had a problem with one of them. Once and a while things go south. I won’t quit using them. But I have had several cheap one blow. Usually the bearings fall out.

Don
Please explain about the hose whips. I have been working on putting the hoses in a pipe so if they fail, they stay put. Thanks

Sounds like it didn’t matter what rating the hose was, wether 6000 psi or 10,000 psi, it was the fitting that failed. Sorry about your near miss accident, sir. Glad you made out okay.

With what I said about ratings, do fittings themselves have ratings?

Regarding the hose whip safety deal, I understand how they clip onto the fill hose, but we all know how we complain about some of the short fill hoses that come with hand pumps and some compressors, so we either add to them(more fittings to possibly fail) or switch them out for 36” to as much as 60” long. How does this safety device work on the longer fill hoses? Does it keep them contracted in a loop, meaning the extra length we invested in for convenience is now shortened due to this safety device? I guess what I’m picturing these being used is on permanent end to end hose connections, like the hydraulic lines on a back hoe. But our fill hoses are only permanently connected at one end, the compressor.

Please clarify, as this has my interest.