guBallast fitting

(chaser) · (chaser) **Join Date: Sep 2006** 06-01-2008, 3:22 PM

I got one of these elbow quick connect fittings pictured below. Do I need to get the spa hose stretched over both the first and second (larger) ridge on the fitting to make sure I get a leak proof fit? What a pain stretching that spa tubing, even with the heat gun.
(sorry about the typo in the title, couldn't edit it out after I saved the thread)

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(Message edited by chaser on June 01, 2008)

(pennery) · (pennery) **Join Date: Jul 2006** 06-01-2008, 3:37 PM

no

(chaser) · (chaser) **Join Date: Sep 2006** 06-01-2008, 6:07 PM

hmmm, that's why it was so tough. Well I pulled the hose over and have a hose clamp on each side of the second ridge. Over kill I guess.

(noti_dad) · (noti_dad) **Join Date: Jul 2003** 06-01-2008, 10:04 PM

The second ridge is a stop. Go to that point and put a clamp on it.