Broken 10 Meter Hose

[Urban Redneck]

Hi,
I purchased the new 10 meter vacuum hose for one of my crews.  Sadly, it broke within the first hour of use on the scaffolding.  I know I can take it back for a replacement.  However, after unzipping the cover - it's really 2 hoses connected.  I don't have any experience with this connector.  Can I disassemble and try to reconnect?  It looks broken to me.

Thanks,
Buck

 

[TylerC]

[member=14209]Urban Redneck[/member] From what I can see, it isn't broken. The hose should thread back into the connector. If you want someone to walk you through it, give our service team a call at 1-888-337-8600.

 

[leakyroof]

Fixable. My local Festool Dealer accidentally unwound their Demo hose in their showroom. They just carefully threaded it back together. I'm wondering if I should add a spot of tape to my hose so that doesn't happen to me.  [blink]

 

[rst]

Keep in mind that the hoses are reverse threaded.

 

[Scott in Bend Oregon]

Shouldn't the real question be...Why isn't it a one-piece continuous hose?

 

[Urban Redneck]

Thanks - Guys,
It screwed back in (reverse thread tip helped). I'm going to wrap the connection with black gorilla tape too. The hose is handy when working on multiple levels of scaffolding.  I don't have to move the CT26 as much.

Feeling a bit stupid but thanks for the help!

 

[Kevin McConville]

Shouldn't the real question be...Why isn't it a one-piece continuous hose?

you're asking for a lot - after all it's only a $495 CDN plastic hose - think how much it would cost if it was one piece?

All kidding aside I'm surprised it's not 1 piece, as a long flexible hose there are already lots of suction loss and adding an additional connection just increases it. Seriously Festool - for $500 this should be the best possible 10m hose and not the easiest by connecting 2 5m hoses in a fabric sleeve

 

[Urban Redneck]

I was surprised when I unzipped the cover to find two hoses.  There is suction loss. Make sure you run full throttle on the suction dial?  It did work with all my RO sanders though.  Maybe version 2.0 will be one piece....  Ha

 

[leakyroof]

Shouldn't the real question be...Why isn't it a one-piece continuous hose?

My best guess is that they were trying to keep Air Velocity speeds up, so they needed to reduce the diameter of the hose as it got nearer to the tool.
And it was cheaper and easier to use existing hoses and coupler them together instead of making a very special, and probably very costly to replace once damaged, 1 piece hose.