Ngowe-1921, owayesakuba yiNkokheli yoMkhosi weMfazwe yaseRoyal Navy uLumley Robinson wasungula isixhobo esilula esasiza kuba sesinye sezixhobo ezithembekileyo nezisetyenziswa kakhulu kwihlabathi liphela. Sithetha — ewe — ngesixhobo esilula sokucinezela ipayipi. Ezi zixhobo zisetyenziswa ngabaplamba, oomatshini, kunye neengcali zokuphucula ikhaya kwimisebenzi eyahlukeneyo, kodwa zinokuba luncedo ngakumbi kwiimeko zongxamiseko zombhobho.

Xa umbhobho uqala ukuvuza ngequbuliso, kuya kufuneka uthathe inyathelo ngokukhawuleza ukuba ufuna ukuthintela umonakalo omkhulu wamanzi. Kwaye kukho iindlela ezininzi zokulungisa izinto ozenzela zona ngokukhawuleza onokuzithemba ukulungisa imibhobho ephukileyo ekhayeni lakho. Kodwa ngaphandle kwe-hose clamp kwibhokisi yakho yezixhobo, awuyi kukwazi ukuya phambili kunenyathelo lokuqala: cima amanzi.

Oko kuthetha ukuba ukuba ufuna ukulungisa imibhobho yakho xa kukho imeko engxamisekileyo, kuya kufuneka ube nee-hose clamps ezimbalwa zilungile. Kwaye ukuze ukhuseleke, kufuneka ube nayo nayiphi naii-clamps zepayipi ezilungisekayookanye ubungakanani obahlukeneyo bee-hose clamp ukuze ukwazi ukulungiselela nantoni na. Ngoko ke ungazisebenzisa njani iintlobo ezahlukeneyo zee-hose clamps ukugcina umbhobho ovuzayo? Ngenxa yokuba ii-hose clamps ezixineneyo ezifumaneka kuzo zonke iicala ze-hose okanye umbhobho, zinokubopha ii-patches ngokukhuselekileyo. Nangona oku kungayi kuyivala umbhobho ngonaphakade, kunokubonelela ngokulungiswa okukhawulezileyo okudingayo ukuze amanzi akho aphinde asebenze.

• Kwimingxunya emincinci kakhulu, songa iteyiphu yombane ujikeleze umbhobho ngokuphindaphindiweyo. Xa umngxuma ugqunywe kakuhle, ii-hose clamps ezincinci zinokuqinisekisa ukuba itywinwe ngokuqinileyo (nangona ikwixeshana).

• Ukuba kukho ukuvuza okukhulu, khangela irabha eza kugubungela umngxuma. Ubude bepayipi yegadi endala bungasetyenziswa xa uxinwa. Sika nje irabha okanye ipayipi ibe yinxalenye ebanzi ngokwaneleyo ukuze ivale umngxuma ngokupheleleyo, uze emva koko ibe ncinci. Okona kulungileyo, ipatshi kufuneka yolulele kwiisentimitha ezimbalwa emacaleni omngxuma. Emva koko, sebenzisa i-hose clamp ehlengahlengiswayo ukuze uqinise ipatshi endaweni yayo.

Khumbula: Xa usebenzisa ii-hose clamps ukunceda ukulungisa iipayipi ezivuzayo okanye eziphukileyo, kuya kufuneka utshintshe umbhobho ekugqibeleni. Kodwa ukuze wenze umsebenzi wokulungisa okhawulezayo nolula we-DIY, akukho nto iluncedo ngaphezu kwe-hose clamp elungisekayo.