When connecting to my own garden hose, there is no water flow but the back hose comes with the unit does have water flow. What might be the issue?
1329546
There is a collar on the hose you attach to your garden hose that you need to open -- it's a valve that opens up the flow of water from the barrel. It isn't really obvious, and I kept closing it when I first attached it to the other hose. Also, since it is gravity fed, it won't push water uphill, no matter how full it is. Hope that helps!
1329547
Is the container full of mud or something-not allowing the drain hose to flow? The rain barrel works best if installed on platform at least 2 feet off the ground & even then you would only have trickle going through a twenty foot water hose without "pressure or gravity." I fill watering can or bucket and carry to plants or pots with rain water.
1329548
I attached my own hose to the one it came with, works no problem. However, it does not work with a nozzle, not enough pressure.
1329549
i can think it must be the elevation of the hose itself with relation to the hieght of water. You need to use gravity unless you want to use a pump.
1329550
Your hose is pinched or blocked. There is not enough pressure from the barrel to push water through any type of sprayer.
1329551
The tank is designed to only drain, not supply a hose. If you laid out the hose completely so it was always running downhill, you could drain it some distance away. But it's gravity only.
1553770
there is no hose that is attached to the unit aside from the black one you see in the picture. You attach it to your own garden hose on the front of the unit and it goes through the black hose that is attached to the sprayer of your choice.
909180
Just use a standard garden hose. It connects fine to the water leveler. Turn the water on about 1/2 a turn. Mine has been connected for about two years and The water level is automatically maintained. Same principle as your toilet bowl float. Almost seems too simple a solution! I would lay some form of weight across the T that rests on the deck as the PVC pipe is light weight and you need some weight to keep it in place. I used a 5 lb weight from my barbell set, you can probably find something more attractive to use. I haven't manually added water to the pool fot two years. If for some reason mine stops working, I'll buy another one.
307166
If I understand you correctly, no water comes out when you engage the handle on the dispenser? If this is the case, the unit was not hooked up properly. The water line for the dispenser must be hooked up to the main water line coming into the house. It sounds as if you incorrectly connected the dispenser water line to the line to the faucet instead of the main water line. You need to go back and connect the water line from the dispenser to the main water line coming in under your sink NOT to the water line for the faucet. I hope this helps you solve the problem.
1030941
Have had no water in sink. you need to adj pressure switch and make sure your ball valve is installed properly. if you lookin drain you will see water in drain, but not in sink
1639531
Something I do is cut the water off and squirt the water out of the hose to relieve water pressure prior to returning hose into unit. I have 2 also and only one seems not to retract like it should and I believe there's a way to take it apart and make spring tension tighter. I've thought about doing that; but continue messing with it until the hose finally retracts which it always eventually does!
1360364
Mine leaks too, no matter what I do and it's brand new. It doesn't leak at the hose, but between the plastic connectors.
1952410
It's pretty well designed for that. On the side of the unit (left side as you are looking at the front of it), there is a small cut out in the cover. On the inside, across fom this cut out, there is a standard 'garden' hose male thread. Just put a garden hose through the hole, screw it on, and your water is drained off to where you have the other end.
1412698
Look like you already got a couple of answers and I agree with them. This just connects as part of the hose to give you backflow protection but the threads are all the same as the hose threads.
1110305
Sorry I've had zero problems with mine. You should be able to get replacement hoses. If it is the hose that split your water pressure exceeds the hose capacity and you would need to reduce it a little. If it is leaking around the connection try taking it off and wrap the connection with plumbers tape or apply plumbers putty and reconnect the hose. Hope this helps
1191157
Yes I had the same problem, I returned the hose. I have not found an alternative yet.
2185529
Sounds like you have a problem with your hose. I would just replace the hose and it should work fine.
1112521
I would say that you may not have the continuous drain hose installed correctly or else you may have a defective unit. Mine has had a hose on it right from the start and it has worked perfectly now for most of a year. Good luck!
2019105
You might want to check the hose feed in the unit. Maybe your hose is binding up. There is a plastic part that the hose feeds through while it is winding up. Make sure that part was in the down position before you initially fed the hose into your unit.
756716
I own this and have found to fix must replace the whole unit.... This summer2014 will be our second replacement in two years. It was suggested to me to bypass thus pump and draw water thru. But use a sand filter... Might try that instead
378991
read the instruction manual. there will be a section on this. i believe there's a "cap" that needs to be removed first. but it's likely you do not have the drain hose LOWER than the unit so it cannot flow correctly.
1198
comer with a couple adapters for faucets. but not sure about to a garden hose. you might find an adapter threaded from hose to tfaucet frI'm another source