Does anybody else have one of these oxycons?
I've been fiddling with the bluddy thing for the past hour and a half and just noticed a Tuffnells sticker on it so could have asked them for help - too late now though.
It doesn't take the usual green cone shaped screw connector so whenever I move it (trying to get an extra torch set up for teaching tomorrow) I really struggle to get a seal.
I've padded the hose with a bit of cut off hosing and am trying to tighten it onto the connector - just a short narrow pipe that sticks out from the oxycon at a right angle - with a jubilee clip or even cable ties. I have lemon crimps but no tool to tighten them.
IF I can get a lemon-crimp-tightening-tool (name, anybody? ???) from B&Q in the morning, will it work?
Julie, I just tightened my lemon clip with a huge pair of bog standard pliers. It was hard, but if you squeeze like billyo, it's possible.
Julie i dont think you will get the lemon clip pliers at b and q so that may be a wasted trip. But good pliers should do it if you have the lemon clips . Hope the weekend goes well :) xxx
david says get electricians electrical tape wind it round the nozzle put the end of pipe in hot water and wedge over electrical tape bulge and then use a jubilee clip . You can make up any size with electrical tape :)
Quote from: MangoBeads on November 04, 2011, 10:49:47 PM
david says get electricians electrical tape wind it round the nozzle put the end of pipe in hot water and wedge over electrical tape bulge and then use a jubilee clip . You can make up any size with electrical tape :)
That's what I did too - there's no point in using the lemon clips, a jubilee clip is ample. Grrr, I hated those connections!!!
David to the rescue again! I don't know how I'd manage without all these other halves looking after me ;D ;D
Yep, that's what i used, a plain old jubilee clip ( no idea what a lemon crimp is!)
Mine's on just with a jubilee clip - I needed the hot water to stretch it on - and now I can`t get it off :-)
Hope you get it sorted xx
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Quote from: Lush! on November 05, 2011, 12:31:07 AM
David to the rescue again! I don't know how I'd manage without all these other halves looking after me ;D ;D
:) I heard a whisper that there are plans a foot for a few other halfs to come your :) way shall I add David to the list !!!! he comes with half a dog :) :) :)