Most caravan hoses are only actually AS2070 which means they are made from what is called a 'food grade' plastic, but not further testing is done.
#Trying to take a sip of water from a fire hose free#
This certification means the hose is taste and taint free - it is the best rating possible and this is the only flat caravan hose in the australian market with this certification. Our specialty hose has the fire hose weave for strength, but the council hose liner - it's potable water safe and has the AS4020 certification. The team who make our hoses manufacture fire hoses but also hoses for mining and councils and all sorts other industrial applications. The 19mm diameter means the flow is excellent, and also that the hose won't kink when you are using it for washdown as the volume of water in the hose holds it stiff. It boasts a 1400 kPa working pressure, this is over 3x mains pressure and the burst pressure is 5000 kPa.īeing polyester there is no need to dry it before you pack up, it is antimicrobial and won't grow mould. The jacket is also responsible for the pressure rating. Their polyester woven jacket is highly abrasion resistant when testing our latest variant we spent a good 20 minutes scratching it against concrete and could not generate a burr. In essence, Flat Out's caravan and RV drink water hoses are a miniaturised fire hose with a certified taste free liner. Fire (and sometime garden) hoses are not always the best way to get hydration.Trades & Construction Cable Reels and Hoses 👷🏼 If you’re the one pushing the water out, be aware of how much and if the person on the receiving end is choking. Trying to take too much, too fast, can cause you to choke and possibly quit. showing them a desk and dropping a pile of work on it.īeware drinking from the fire hose. For new employees, help ease them into their role vs. Find out if they have the right amount of work to be efficient and effective or they have too much and are drowning.
If you think it’s funny to keep dumping on people (and I’ve met people who do), you’re an asshole.īe aware of the people you serve. If you see someone is choking, both literally and figuratively, stop! At work, if we keep dumping on people, they’ll eventually hit a limit and turn away, either by not completing anything or quitting. The person with the hose: First of all, don’t be stupid. Don’t be afraid to say “Hey, this sucks! Slow it down!” Ask questions too. Then over time, increase the pressure but not to a level that’ll knock you down. The best approach is to start taking the hydration, or whatever you’re trying to consume, slowly. You may have gotten some hydration, but probably not enough. Quickly, you realize this is no fun and you turn and run away. All this pressure gets put on you so fast, it’s hard to swallow anything. Even the garden hose had a lot of pressure. The person on the receiving end of the hose: First of all, have you SEEN videos of water coming out of fire hoses!!? It’d take your head off. So let’s look at what it means to drink from a fire hose. Especially when starting a new job, it can feel like we’re drinking from a hose. How many times at work do we hear “I’m drinking from the fire hose!” I’ve heard it a lot in my years and probably said it a few times too. Slowly drinking from the water bottle seemed to make more sense. Oddly enough, the person didn’t shut the hose off until the runner turned her head and backed away! I don’t think she swallowed any water! As I got up to him, I asked for my water bottle to be refilled vs. The water came out so fast the she started gagging and making choking sounds. The runner opened her mouth and the good Samaritan turned the hose on full. I also noticed the nozzle at the end of the garden hose looked like the kind fireman use (only a lot smaller). It was truly a thoughtful gesture on a difficult day.Īs the runner in front of me stopped I could see she asked for a drink. As I came around a corner, a nice spectator was out on the road with his hose, spraying cold water on the runners. But, I showed up and was going to finish!Īt mile 10 I was getting really low on water and hoping for an aid station that could refill me. And finally, portions of the course were gravel so mud and bits of rocks were getting in my shoes. The temperature was 80 degrees F (26.6 degrees C) at race start with near 100% humidity and no breeze. It had rained hard overnight and everything was wet. First, my friend and I didn’t get into town until late the night before, so only got a few hours of sleep (not to mention a few beers at dinner). This race sucked! It was my 13th half marathon, and it was quite possibly the most miserable I’d been running, ever (unlucky 13).
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