Hose Cuffs

[dadswella]

Hello everyone!
I have installed my solar heaters on the garage roof. This is the 1st time doing this. The past few years they were on the ground. I have to get new hoses because of the location on the roof. My question is about the hose cuffs. The local pool store has 100' reel of black hose for $100. I would need to cut it in half. On the cut ends cuffs would have to be added. Every cuff that I've seen for sale online talks about it for a vacuum. Can these be used for my hosed from the filter, to the heaters, then back to the return jet? The other option that I have is to buy cut to length grey hose in 3' increments at $1.70 per 3'. I have a 1hp pump.

Thanks

 

[jblizzle]

Welcome to TFP!!!

I do not understand what you keep meaning by hoses and cuffs for a solar panel.

Usually solar is plumbed with PVC pipe with maybe 6" pieces of rubber hose between the panels (for some manufacturers).

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[dadswella]

Welcome to TFP!!!

I do not understand what you keep meaning by hoses and cuffs for a solar panel.

Usually solar is plumbed with PVC pipe with maybe 6" pieces of rubber hose between the panels (for some manufacturers).

Pictures would likely help a lot:
How To Post Pictures

Here is a pic of the cuffs.


My heater.


Heaters on the garage.


The pump and filter.


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[jblizzle]

That is going to be a significant pipe run through small hoses. I am not sure how well your pump is going to do that.

I also know nothing about using hoses like that. Going to larger PVC pipe for a majority of the run to the panels and then switching to the hose for the connections would be better.

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[dadswella]

With a 1hp pump it should be alright. I need to use the flax hose so all of it can be removed in the winter.

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[jblizzle]

You could always leave the hard plumbing in place for the winter.
But, use the hoses if that is what you want to do.
I have no idea about adding cuffs.
And still question the ability of the pump through the very inefficient hoses.