Basic Hose Flashcards
1.75” hose dry weight
i. A 50’ section weighs 18-19 lbs. dry
1.75” hose wet weight
ii. A 50’ section weighs 71 lbs. full of water.
1.75” has how many cubic inches of water?
1443 cuin
1.75” gallons?
6.25 gallons
1.75” threads per inch?
9 threads per inch
2.5” dry weight
31-32 lb dry
2.5” wet weight
138 lbs
2.5” cubic inches
2945 cubic inches
2.5” gallons?
12.75 gallons
Threads per inch on a 2.5”
7.5 per inch
5” couplings are made of ____
Aluminum
5” uses
sexless Storz couplings
400 bc
a. Ox gut was used.
b. Water forced out of gut by jumping or sitting on them
1673
a. Leather tubes sewn together.
b. These hose leaked badly and broke under pressure
1807
a. Riveted leather.
b. Reduced leakage, higher pressures, more water.
c. 40 to 50 feet in length total, weight of 85lbs empty.
1821
a. James Boyd patented rubber lined, cotton webbed hose.
b. Cotton shell gave abrasion resistance and flexibility.
c. Rubber became brittle in cold weather and soft in heat
1839
a. Charles Goodyear invented vulcanized (weatherproof) rubber.
i. Rubber + Sulphur + Heat = vulcanized rubber
b. Rubber was able to stay flexible at all temperatures.
c. Cotton shell gave strength coupled with flexibility and decreased bulk.
d. Widely used by 1871