He aha inā ua ʻelemakule ka paipu paleki?
E ʻike mālie ʻia ka ʻelemakule ʻana o ka hose brake i ka hanana seepage aila, no ka manawa lōʻihi e hana ai i ke kaʻa me ka ʻole o ka brake, e ʻoluʻolu e hoʻololi i ka wā hikiwawe loa, i mea e pale aku ai i nā pilikia palekana. Nā hiʻohiʻona o ka hose brake:
1, hose paleki e kū'ē i ka ozone, maikaʻi ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i ka mahana haʻahaʻa a me ke kiʻekiʻe, maikaʻi ka maʻalahi, kū'ē i ka māwae, ikaika tensile kiʻekiʻe, hana maikaʻi, paʻa ka hopena paleki, palekana, hilinaʻi, a paʻa;
2, lōʻihi ke ola lawelawe, kūpaʻa i ke kapa, ʻaʻole maʻalahi e haki, ʻaʻole maʻalahi e wehe i ke poʻo, ke ʻano o ka pale ʻana i ke kaiapuni metala, ʻaʻole maʻalahi e pala;
3, hoʻohana ʻia ka mālamalama kiʻekiʻe, ke kumu kukui mana haʻahaʻa, maʻalahi ke kau ʻana, kū'ē i ka ōlaʻi, kū'ē i ka hopena, ʻaʻohe wela wela, palekana a paʻa, hilinaʻi, me ka noʻonoʻo ʻole i ka hoʻopuehu wela.