This is maddening! I am stationed in Germay, and am just trying to water my lawn. The German stores have only plastic hose couplings that are the threaded-to-quick-disconnect variety (as are the sprinkler attachments and so on). The hoses are quite flimsy, and the water pressure will cause the fittings to come apart if I close the nozzle at the hose end when I am washing the car or something like that...so, I bought an American hose on base with standard brass threaded ends and a sprinkler for my lawn
When I attach the hose and turn on the water, the anti-siphon valve (small hole in the bottom of the spigot) shoots out water. This happens when the other end of the hose has nothing attached, so I would be surprised if it were a backpressure issue. The problem happens on two separate outdoor spigots...what am I missing?
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