3/8" x 1/2" Hose Adapter

hambrook · Post by **hambrook** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 1:03 pm

Quick question; I have a Buffalo Boiler with a 1/2" hose barb and need to attach it to 3/8" hose that came with my Fly Sparge kit; what is the recommended way of achieving this? Quick disconnect fittings? Male-Male barb adapter?

Grumpydev · Post by **Grumpydev** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 2:50 pm

If you warm the end up in very hot water it'll probably go on just fine won't it? Or is it too "stiff" for that (ooer!)

Failing that, if it fits inside the larger pipe I'd put a bit of that on the end and jubilee clip it tight - might be a bit Blue Peter, but it'll work

hambrook · Post by **hambrook** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 3:30 pm

Grumpydev wrote:If you warm the end up in very hot water it'll probably go on just fine won't it? Or is it too "stiff" for that (ooer!)

Heated the pipe in some near boiling water and it wont fit over the end of the barb; its the same size as the end of the barb.

Grumpydev wrote:Failing that, if it fits inside the larger pipe I'd put a bit of that on the end and jubilee clip it tight - might be a bit Blue Peter, but it'll work

The 3/8" tube does fit inside the 1/2" tube but as they are both soft silicone hoses attaching a jubilee club will just squash it surely?

hambrook · Post by **hambrook** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 3:34 pm

Looks like this might do the trick?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CARAVAN-WATER ... 1c4b76fee4

Grumpydev · Post by **Grumpydev** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 4:06 pm

hambrook wrote:The 3/8" tube does fit inside the 1/2" tube but as they are both soft silicone hoses attaching a jubilee club will just squash it surely?

Of course it would, sorry.. long day.. I just remember doing similar to get the hose onto my chiller, but obviously one of those is metal

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