Here's a tip: After a few years, the last few feet of my reel's air hose
stared getting beat up. So I swapped the hose end-for-end on the reel.
The beat-up end moved to the inside of the reel, where nothing ever happens
to it, and the end that gets handled became fresh. You have to do this
carefully, to avoid losing the correct spring tension when the hose is off
the reel.
Doug
On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 10:43 PM, David C. <cavanadd at frontier.com> wrote:
> I have 3 of the generic HF retractable reels in my shop. They've been
> there for several years with no problems other than one of them springing a
> leak on the hose that connects the reel to the main air line. Mine don't
> get daily use, but they seem to be holding up fine for weekend and summer
> use.
>
> Like Matt, I normally keep the ball valve on the tank discharge closed
> unless I'm actually using the air for something, as there are enough tiny
> leaks in various QD and other fittings that the compressor would cycle
> about once an hour otherwise. (For the record, I have a 60 gallon two
> cylinder (NOT two stage) 5 HP vertical model from Home Depot and it has
> worked great for five or six years, even with my HF blast cabinet.)
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