Hello gardening chums,

I just bought a Hozelock 'Dial Sprinkler'. You can rotate the dial part to
choose one of 5 sprinkling patterns (rectangle, circle etc) Unfortunately,
the sprinkling effect is pathetic - the water literally just dribbles out.
Water pressure is ok - the problem seems to be that much of the water is
just pouring out of the bottom. In fact I can't see what is supposed to
stop that happening, unless there's some sort of missing part which should
seal the base. Anyone using one of these successfully?

frustratedly yours...

Glen Able wrote:
Hello gardening chums,

I just bought a Hozelock 'Dial Sprinkler'. You can rotate the dial
part to choose one of 5 sprinkling patterns (rectangle, circle etc)
Unfortunately, the sprinkling effect is pathetic - the water
literally just dribbles out. Water pressure is ok - the problem seems
to be that much of the water is just pouring out of the bottom. In
fact I can't see what is supposed to stop that happening, unless
there's some sort of missing part which should seal the base. Anyone
using one of these successfully?

frustratedly yours...

Nope. My father had one which lasted roughly a fortnight. It now doesn't
work at all...

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from "Miss Perspicacia Tick" contains these words:
Glen Able wrote:

Hello gardening chums,

I just bought a Hozelock 'Dial Sprinkler'. You can rotate the dial
part to choose one of 5 sprinkling patterns (rectangle, circle etc)
Unfortunately, the sprinkling effect is pathetic - the water
literally just dribbles out. Water pressure is ok - the problem seems
to be that much of the water is just pouring out of the bottom. In
fact I can't see what is supposed to stop that happening, unless
there's some sort of missing part which should seal the base. Anyone
using one of these successfully?

frustratedly yours...

Nope. My father had one which lasted roughly a fortnight. It now doesn't
work at all...

I don't need a rubbish sprinkler - rubbish seems to sort-of grow here
like mushrooms, all over the place.

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Rusty
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Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
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from "Miss Perspicacia Tick" contains these words:
Glen Able wrote:

Hello gardening chums,

I just bought a Hozelock 'Dial Sprinkler'. You can rotate the
dial
part to choose one of 5 sprinkling patterns (rectangle, circle
etc)
Unfortunately, the sprinkling effect is pathetic - the water
literally just dribbles out. Water pressure is ok - the problem
seems to be that much of the water is just pouring out of the
bottom. In fact I can't see what is supposed to stop that
happening, unless there's some sort of missing part which should
seal the base. Anyone using one of these successfully?

frustratedly yours...

Nope. My father had one which lasted roughly a fortnight. It now
doesn't work at all...

I don't need a rubbish sprinkler - rubbish seems to sort-of grow
here
like mushrooms, all over the place.

Chico: It's the garbage man.
Groucho: Tell him we don't want any!

I don't think people should, generally, use sprinklers, except for
special purposes or as occasional hot-weather treats for the
children. But when I did use them, and observing other people's, I
found that any amateur one with the slightest complication in its
design would almost unfailingly fail very soon -- often as soon as
the lovely and talented Miss P says.

--
Mike.

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from Jaques d'Alltrades contains
these words:


I don't need a rubbish sprinkler - rubbish seems to sort-of grow here
like mushrooms, all over the place.

Sounds to me as if you've already got a rubbish sprinkler, you just
didn't realise.

Janet

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from "Mike Lyle" contains these words:

I don't think people should, generally, use sprinklers, except for
special purposes or as occasional hot-weather treats for the
children. But when I did use them, and observing other people's, I
found that any amateur one with the slightest complication in its
design would almost unfailingly fail very soon -- often as soon as
the lovely and talented Miss P says.

We had a rotary jet one in the 'fifties, and it's favourite use was to
put it in the middle of the lawn and set the dog on it...

--
Rusty
Emus to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

"Glen Able" wrote in message
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Hello gardening chums,

I just bought a Hozelock 'Dial Sprinkler'. You can rotate the dial part
to
choose one of 5 sprinkling patterns (rectangle, circle etc)
Unfortunately,
the sprinkling effect is pathetic - the water literally just dribbles out.
Water pressure is ok - the problem seems to be that much of the water is
just pouring out of the bottom. In fact I can't see what is supposed to
stop that happening, unless there's some sort of missing part which should
seal the base. Anyone using one of these successfully?

frustratedly yours...

Just throw that away and buy cheap simple robust commercial sprinklers like
the Rotoframe type. No adjustments so it sprays a cirlcle and that's that.
But solid brass simple design means they last almost forever and hardly ever
get blocked. Choose the size to suit your water pressure. They usually come
with 1/2" or 3/4" bsp fitting to screw into a standpipe you can make up
yourself from standard plumbing bits or you can at a price buy them already
fitted to a sled or standpipe. for veg I use them on a 1metre riser. Online
suppliers seem to be few and far between - we buy them from LBS but they
seem only to deal with trade customers now. A quick Google produced this
one - don't know anything about them.

http://www.wisewatersolutions.co.uk/...prinklers.html

--
Rod

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Just remove the weedy bits
and transplant the appropriate symbol at.