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<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;"><a href="https://www.homedepot.com/p/Orbit-Heavy-Duty-Brass-Hose-End-Shut-Off-Coupling-Hose-Connector-27933/100659291">https://www.homedepot.com/p/Orbit-Heavy-Duty-Brass-Hose-End-Shut-Off-Coupling-Hose-Connector-27933/100659291</a></p>
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<p>-----Original Message-----<br>From: DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey@cs.com><br>Sent: Mar 4, 2025 5:28 AM<br>To: shop-talk@autox.team.net <shop-talk@autox.team.net>, Mark Bradakis <mark@bradakis.com><br>Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] air hose fittings</p>
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">There are garden hose couplers with an auto-cut-off feature but it is fairly rare and far from universal.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">One advantage to these is they twist so you can aim the spray nozzle without twisting the hose and possibly unscrewing the connection.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Years ago I was at some garden shop and I saw some quicj release hose <br clear="none">fittings. I thought cool, just like my air hose fittings. I bought <br clear="none">some, put them on the garden hose and various sprinklers and such. <br clear="none">First day I had them, I figured they were just like my air hose <br clear="none">fittings. I went to uncouple a sprayer from the main hose, which still <br clear="none">had full pressure on it.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">A mistake you only make once.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">mjb.
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