# Help A New Guy With Equipment Set-up (4 GPM Machine)

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**Category:** Residential\
**Created:** [February 22, 2018, 5:41pm UTC](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/t/help-a-new-guy-with-equipment-set-up-4-gpm-machine/11363 "2018-02-22T17:41:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 6:39pm UTC](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/t/help-a-new-guy-with-equipment-set-up-4-gpm-machine/11363/6 "2018-02-22T18:39:44Z")

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I’m sorry. Lori wrote this post over a month ago. I’m not sure why I just saw it this morning.

> [@Howdy all, looking for recommendations on a good starter unit](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/t/howdy-all-looking-for-recommendations-on-a-good-starter-unit/10306/12):
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> It’s better to keep customers out of the repair shops by maintaining cool pump temperatures, minimize engine stress and back siphoning corrosive chemical by forwarding the education directly from our pump manufacturers. Firefighters are among those that are very familiar with hose friction loss. At 8 gpm, a minimum of 300 psi is lost through every 100 feet of 3/8” ID hose. Add extra fittings, quick connects, ball valves, a convenient 3/8” bypass kit, a hose reel swivel, different types of gun…

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