Water charges

I've got an assortment of fittings and they have done the job so far. Yes it's amazing the variety of fish at that part of the coast.
The Cook asked me to get the latest wimmin mag. while in the newsagents so I specifically requested that the lady serving check if the ones on the shelf were not old copy...... yes indeed they'd just come in ...... Cook soon sussed it as old stuff of course so back I went for a refund which was given very begrudgingly.
Last time we bother going there.
Bloke at the park gave us a nice Red Emporer fillet which went down well so that was one pleasant part of our stay.
AlanH.

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Originally Posted by Don 130

Could you give us an explanation of the use and thread size of each?
Don.

Hi Don,
Thread sizes are a mystery to me, but I will try.

First a bit of a guide to my usage.
I can take on 50L of water by mains pressure hose, draft fill, or pour in by gravity.

For mains pressure filling I have an inlet fitting up stream of a tap, directly joined up stream of the water pump and down stream of the tank inlet.

Normally the tap is closed so no water is pumped out of the inlet.
To fill, close the tap, connect the hose with a snap fitting to suit, turn on the tap till water flows out the tank breather.
Close the tap and disconnect hose - done.

So if my tap is a normal garden type with a click fitting - just connect the hose.
If it is a normal threaded tap, connect the clear fitting (with inbuilt filter (it came from a Makita Pressure washer))
It it is a big threaded tap use the grey adaptor.
If it is any other tap, use the grey/blue fitting and after removing the click fitting on the hose, push the blue pipe into the hose
If it is a 3/4" gate valve, use the white adaptor, the brass barb/green hose.

The grey/brass fitting (top left) is an adaptor, with the brass/green, will get me from normal garden hose to John Guest hose (the blue one) if I need it.

For draft fill, I only need to get the water from the tap to a bucket, only using adaptors if the bucket won't fit under the tap.

Pouring in by gravity is a last resort as the filler hose is sluggish and spills (very poor design) I can syphon if I put the bucket on the defender roof, but it is much easier to use the pump rather than lift water to above my head.

The brass cross thing is a multi fitting handle for security taps, often found on tanks or filtered water supplies that prevent idiots wasting water.

Cheers

Thanks Austastar, that explains it all nicely. Might help someone else with their kit as well.
Don.