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How many spare hose clamps do you have onboard?

  • More than 500.

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  • 100 to 499

    Votes: 7 20.6%

  • 25 to 99

    Votes: 17 50.0%

  • Less than 25

    Votes: 9 26.5%

  • What's a hose clamp?

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Dougcole

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I was doing some cleaning/organizing today after finishing a small plumbing project, and realized I may have a problem. I always buy a few more clamps than I think I will need when doing a project and put the extras in my spares box. If I replace a clamp, unless the old one is obviously bad I save it too....you never know when you might need it right?

My spare clamp box is overflowing. Oddly, I am usually a minimalist type and don't do this with anything else. Well, except fishing tackle, but that's different.

Am I alone in this affliction?
 
I have well over 100, in spares, of differing sizes, but am slowly replacing the old style screw hose clamps with T-bolt hose clamps!
 
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Good one. I too need 1 or 2 and buy 10. Still often do not have the right size, but two one inch ones joined are almost a 2 inch hose clamp.
 
SteveK said:
Good one. I too need 1 or 2 and buy 10. Still often do not have the right size, but two one inch ones joined are almost a 2 inch hose clamp.
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Yeah, I have done that too. You would think with how many of them I have that Magivering them would never be needed, but somehow...
 
I carry a box of them separated by size. Also a box of electrical connectors, a box of nuts and bolts, a box of sheet metal screws, a box of shrink tube and a couple of boxes of miscellaneous stuff.
 
If you buy bags of 25 off of Amazon they are very inexpensive. 25 of each 3/4, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5 4, and 6 adds up very quickly.
 
One full engine's worth, plus a number of extras. Seaboard Marine sells full sets so I bought one. I just replaced all hoses last winter and used the set, so I bought a replacement already. It's good to know that in an urgent situation I know for sure the right one is in that bag.
 
In a pinch, the majority of hoses should have 2 clamps on them anyway, if you need a spare, pull one off the double clamped hose to get you to the next spot where you can acquire more clamps.
 
I likely have 50, including 6" 8" and 12" T bolts for the exhaust tubing's connections.
I have no box of spares.
All spare clamps are mounted snugly on the hose that they are intended to clamp. It's not uncommon to find 3 or 4 clamps on the most accessible end of any particular size of hose.
 
When I was cruising, every winter I would inventory my tools and spares. My guess is around 100 clamps with 4 of each size. I bought them in boxes of 10, and kept the rest at home. Generally a box of ten was equivalent to buying 3 or 4 at the regular price.

Every 3 years I would replace all the batteries in things like multi meters and infrared temperature gun. Hate grabbing a tool with an odd ball dead battery.

Ted
 
Actually I have 10 boxes of small parts, hose clamps, shrink tube, cushion clamps, large electrical connectors (2), electrical connectors, nuts and bolts, sheet metal screws and snaps (2).
 

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My hose clamp collection is truly out of control. They’re in gallon zip lock bags that are bulging and threatening to burst. I can’t put a finger on how this happened…
 
slowgoesit said:
slowly replacing the old style screw hose clamps with T-bolt hose clamps!
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Be careful where you use those. They're great as exhaust clamps and for some other things, but they're typically wider than a standard hose clamp, so you may only be able to fit 1 on a fitting that could fit 2 regular clamps. And in some cases the bolt on the t-bolt clamp gets into something or is very easy to hurt yourself with.

A few things on my boat had t-bolt clamps when I got it where it had these issues, so I've switched some of those things back to good quality regular clamps.
 
rslifkin said:
Be careful where you use those. They're great as exhaust clamps and for some other things, but they're typically wider than a standard hose clamp, so you may only be able to fit 1 on a fitting that could fit 2 regular clamps. And in some cases the bolt on the t-bolt clamp gets into something or is very easy to hurt yourself with.

A few things on my boat had t-bolt clamps when I got it where it had these issues, so I've switched some of those things back to good quality regular clamps.
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Good point, I never really thought about the width of the T-bolt clamps!
 
Wow, I'm feeling woefully inadequate.
Try to have a pair in most sizes, maybe a dozen total.
 
Turtle Blues said:
Wow, I'm feeling woefully inadequate.
Try to have a pair in most sizes, maybe a dozen total.
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All is not lost! Amazon is available right from your computer, and they deliver! A few hundred dollars down the road, you can redeem that lost card SteveK mentioned above! :dance:
 
slowgoesit said:
Good point, I never really thought about the width of the T-bolt clamps!
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These are the T bolt clamps I like. They are AWAB. They are 1” wide so you have to have quite a barb to get 2 clamps on. I like that they don’t have any welds to cause the 316 S/S to rust. Everything is all 316. They have rolled edges so they don’t cut the hose.
 

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In my experience: One less than I need. Fortunately this usually occurs at dockside...off to Tacoma Screw again.:cautious:
 
luna said:
I likely have 50, including 6" 8" and 12" T bolts for the exhaust tubing's connections.
I have no box of spares.
All spare clamps are mounted snugly on the hose that they are intended to clamp. It's not uncommon to find 3 or 4 clamps on the most accessible end of any particular size of hose.
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Another great idea luna.
 
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