Skip Gundlach wrote:
I
was very gratified to find that with a heat gun, it was very soft and
flexible and allowed me to make rather harder turns than otherwise.

Something you may end up paying for later...'cuz hose should never be
heated to make it bend tighter than it wants to bend willingly. That
stretches the outside of the radius--which can cause it to tear--and
weakens the inside of the radius, which can cause it to collapse.

Break the hose and use an inline radius fitting instead.

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Peggie
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Peggie Hall
Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987
Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and
Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor"
http://shop.sailboatowners.com/books...ku=90&cat=1304