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[Zinniagarden]

Lol! ‘After a couple of YouTube videos you’ll be able to figure it out’. No truer words were ever spoken. Ty

[moshow]

Yes! Vacuum breaker fail at my moms house. I just hot sprayed badly! Plus there was a leak at connection. The vacuum breaker came off when I disconnected the hose. Can get it off the hose 🤔. Screw it - gonna get a her new hose cuz i fly back home tomorrow. Thank you for this video!!!!

[cherylargento]

Yes I’m soaked. I had a hose for awhile that if I let the water run, I could turn the water off at the wall and it was fine. But I have a new hose and it’s a major problem 😢😢😢

[kevingray]

Interesting, but those things are even longer than the other add-on vacuum breakers. The solution I found is the Arrowhead Arrow-Breaker hose bibs with built-in anti-siphon vacuum breakers. These rarely squirt water; so rare that I haven't figured out when they do it. Now the thing is that when you turn them off they do indeed prevent backflow, but pressure will remain on a hose if the hose nozzle is closed. This is probably not good for the hose. I put Y splitters on my hose bibs anyway so that one side has a hose (or Freeze Miser in the winter) and the other side is open for use for handwashing, filling buckets, and such. Given that there is no extension of the bib because of an add-on vacuum breaker, this works out well; not overly long. Once I turn the hose bib off, I just crack open the open side of the Y splitter and this relieves the pressure on the hose in a controlled squirt out the open side of the Y splitter. The Y splitters I use are heavy duty brass ones from MaxFlo. The valves are a little hard to turn, but these things have proven themselves to be quite durable.

[jasweb]

I'm in this situation right now, trying to remove a fouled vacuum breaker. The house is 4 years old and the hose bib sits slightly inside the vinyl siding housing. Stupid of the builder to do this. The other problem I have is that the set screw is underneath the hose bib and it's hard as heck to see what I'm doing. I'm trying hard to avoid calling the plumber as it will be a $300 job. Going to the store to get a dremel to try to cut down to the threads. I'm also ordering a 5mm set screw slotted for an allen key next time around. I understand the needed function, but contractors make them hard to get off!!!

[shawandrew]

I didn't realize until now that the vacuum breaker was to blame.

[jonesy]

Hi! Okay. I have a question. I am wanting to replace a sprinkler system with a drip irrigation system. I used to have grass and that is no longer the case. I'm going to start a raised bed garden. I have non siphon values and one of the first two estimators told me I didn't need a back flow preventer nor a pressure regulator. The second estimator said (when he mentioned the pressure from the city meter to my house) said I need a pressure regulator. The last estimator told me I needed a whole new system... New PVC, new timer, and... Here the catch... He, the third estimator, told me I need a vacuum breaker from my main water valve outside that feeds into my water heater. Then he would lay new 40 standard PVC, etc for the new system. Here is my question...i know the pressure regulator looks different from the vacuum breaker, but are they essentially performing the same function? I'm still researching but if anyone knows that would be very helpful and I do appreciate it. If no one knows for sure. That's okay. As I mentioned, I'll keep researching. I'll have to put off my gardening for a little while longer. Thanks.

[TomDuff-vx]

We have an RV park in Lake Havasu, and they are spaying, and our host keeps changing them out because water waste is not good. Why do some spay and some don’t?

[bamabladez]

HELL YEAH! who invented that piece of crap! I changed mine out because cutting off my water squirts me and the new one does the same thing! 😂 as u can tell I'm pissed 😂

[cristinafultz]

No because I don't have that stupid thing on my house

[allamericanveteranaav]

Go back to old school, get rid of vacuum breaker completely and drain hose each time after shutting it off. BTW, WTF are you even worried about preventing water from getting back in the house and contaminating your water supply. nonsense. I always thought it was used to prevent people from leaving hose charged/full of pressure leading to hose failure. Where does the contaminated water come from that will contaminate your water supply ????.

[Mikey]

“A couple YouTube videos”

Sounds unnecessarily difficult.

[ramonqueloquera]

Just release the water pressure that is in the hose by pressing your sprayer and that’s it!😅

[dons]

$36 on Amazon, no thanks. Sounds like a good idea, though.