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sum (FL)
Will be replacing my kitchen faucet with a new one - Hansgrohe Allegro. Installation seems pretty simple, but I made a mistake. I got curious and unthreaded the two skinny hose connectors from the base.
These two hoses have skinny threaded connections which I believe to be metric. Before I removed them one side has a red rubber band on the hose which I assume means HOT, the other side cold. Now that they were removed I didn't know which hose to put back which hole.
I guess I would hook it up and see if the lever left is hot or cold and if it's opposite, swap the connections at the valves. But there is no way to tell which hole is hot and which is cold? The user manual has no such information either.
Now, doesn't seem these hoses can be REALLY tightened? There is no place to grab it with a hex wrench to secure the connection into the deeply recessed holes. It's just turning with hand and that's it. Will it be secured enough and leak proof?
At the end of these hoses, just connect to the valve with a standard 3/8" compression right? This is no different from a rigid tubing install correct?
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bernabeu (SC)
the liquid tight seal is made with internal 'o' rings
as the faucet will be installed (see pic on box) hot will be on the left
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packy (MA)
just put a dab of grease onto the "O" ring and tighten the hoses in by hand you only need to make them tight enough so they don't unscrew. if they are backwards you can change them at the faucet or at the stops.
test fit a 3/8 compression nut and ferrule on the lower end to make sure you don't have a european size hose that needs adapters.
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george 7941 (Canada)
A touch of silicone grease on the O-rings will help, as packy already pointed out.
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m & m (MD)
Thread a hose into a hole, blow on the hose while opening the faucet. Whichever side air comes out, you'll be able to identify the hot or cold port.
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sum (FL)
m&m that's brilliant that works! I need to remember this trick.
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hj (AZ)
The colors are for YOUR convenience when you connect the lines to the house piping. Just put either one in either hole, then connect the faucet, (the hot will usually be the left side if you have the faucet straight). IF the hot and cold are reversed then change them at the wall valves.
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frc900 (WI)
how did you connect to the water supply with these ends?
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