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Thứ Tư, 25 tháng 11, 2015

Camco 22505 90 Degree Hose Elbow



Prevent hose crimping and strain, and extend hose life. Camco RV 90 Degree Hose Elbow eliminates unnecessary stress and strain on all RV water intake hose fittings. 


It’s perfect for RVs or just around the house. Elbow is made of brass for years of trouble-free use.


I purchased two of these elbows to fix a problem with a clothes washer. Unlike the similar items found at Ace Hardware and Lowes, this item solved the problem.

The problem was that pushing the washer as close to the wall as possible put a lot pressure on the hot and cold hoses which came straight out of the back of the machine, horizontal to the ground. The problem was made more difficult as the hot and cold intake fitting was stacked, the hot below the cold.

Other elbows I looked at had a nice handy large female fitting that prevented installing both elbows on the hot and cold male fittings. The female fitting was too large and because the hot and cold were stacked to close together, I was unable to install both.


This fitting, because of the wing design on the female side allowed me to put both on at a slight angle so the hoses could be connected without the kink that was there before. I admit I had to work with the wings so they would not get in the way of each other as I tighten them, but once I figured that out, things went very smoothly. While initially I had been looking for a simple fitting on the female side, this design allowed me use the wings to get a little more leverage when tightening or loosing the connection.
  • Prevent hose crimping and strain
  • Eliminate unnecessary stress and strain on all RV water intake hose fittings
  • Solid Brass
  • Easy-grip connector
  • CSA low lead content certified. Complies with California's AB1953 and Vermont Act 193 Low Lead Laws

As an additional benefit of these item, it works with the hot water. Other elbows usually had a disclaimer the they were only rated for cold water and external use.



Everyone who needs to position a washing machine close to a wall has discovered the "steel wrapped" supply lines are not flexible enough to allow a straight connection to bend enough to get sufficiently close to the wall. I replaced old rubber hoses recently with the steel wrapped ones and could not get the washing machine to line up with the dryer as it did with the rubber hoses. The washer stuck further out than the dryer by 4 or 5 inches. I looked into all sorts of remedies including hoses with a 90 degree elbow built into them but found the elbows appeared much narrower than the hose (which IMO would slow the fill) and had a slight reputation for failure at that fitting. The obvious answer was a separate 90 degree brass fitting which would solve the problem, allow the use of less expensive and more reliable hoses, and which could be transferred to a new washing machine when the time came. 

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The Camco 22505 90 degree elbow fit the bill. We ordered a couple on my wife's Amazon account and I installed them easily. The protruding flanges appear more difficult to deal with (due to how close the inputs are on the washing machine) than is really the case. A little bit of coordinated fiddling and they were both attached in less than a minute. Connecting hoses to them took another 30 seconds. Why no company apparently makes such a fitting for washing machine use is beyond my comprehension. I am simply glad this fitting intended for RV use works well for washing machine supply lines.

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