Is it not cool to use this low pressure ball valve on the inlet? The orface is smaller than the actual 5/8 flexzilla hose and of course that also causes the water to enter the pump at a way higher pressure. I like it because I can walk to the machine and start wetting the grass on the way, and when I reel the hose in I can close it thus preventing dirt from entering the hose but so far I have not actually connected it to the inlet. Thoughts?
You have your hose on backwards if that is your supply line
The inlet on my machine came female. All the machines ive seen come female. This is just a roll away garden reel. Im not truck mount and dont yet have a buffer tank, just a 35 gal chem tank attached to a truck mount reel with 100 feet of line running to x jet. But for this water supply line will the reduced orfice and higher inlet pressure be detremental to my cheap AAA pump? I think the supply GPM may not change, I think, and my concern is the increased water pressure causing an issue. Talk to me.
Regardless of all those words, your supply house is backwards. How can you pull off hose and walk to the spigot and hook up if the male end is in your hand? The ball valve you have just adds friction loss. If you use one, use a large bore gilmore.
I dont pull off hose and walk to the spigot. I do the oppisite. I walk the reel on wheels to the spigot, hook up a 6ft lead hose, and pull line off my portable reel to the machine. Im not sure why we are not understanding each other. I have a home owner reel i hook to the supply and reel out to the machine.
I think it is just an unusual setup you have there…just sounds like a bit of excess walking to me.
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Because i dont have a truck mount reel. I take a home owner reel on wheels, i wheel it to the spigot, hook up lead hose to spigot and unreel hose to machine. Its what I have to work with till i go all truck mount.
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I think I’d still leave the reel at the machine, hook the lead to the PW and pull the hose out to the house…don’y have to drag a reel all over the place then.
Stop that.
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You do what you like. You’re doing it wrong, but that’s ok. It would take about 1 minute to do it right and cut out a lot of wasted time, but from your posts you don’t seem to want to do things in a professional manner. It takes all types I reckon.
Yeah they’re not wrong at all on this one, but, to answer your question, no I wouldn’t run that into your pump. It’s just another restriction in the flow to feed your pump and creates turbulence. I get that you’re rocking a cheapo depot setup but some things are just best done the right way. Just use your reel for storage and pull all the hose off to start the job and then reel it all up when you’re done. Don’t run through the reel to supply your machine. More than likely that reel has a very small manifold and is only reducing flow into your machine. Not worth ruining a $300 pump over a $2 ball valve or a $40 reel.
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I get that. I could do it in reverse. But if its a big place and i have to move the machine its more work. Im open to your suggestion but i need a moment to think about it backwards of what i do.
@DisplacedTexan makes the better point…if you’re worried about starving the pump from the ball valve, the reel is almost certainly doing the same thing. Just pull off all the hose. We spend thousands on reels and nothing runs through a single one of them…
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Apparently that company is older than our constitution so maybe they know something I don’t but I doubt it.
I get it. Its using a portable system but im being told how to use it like a truck mount. It works for me but its beer Saturday so im gonna leave this alone till tomorrow when i can think it out. I would never question what you major pros say. Sometimes its hard to see the forest from the woods. Thats why im here. To get a kick in the butt and straightened out. I’ll never be acused of being the new guy who thinks he knows more than you. Sometimes it takes a brick to the head. Lol.
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Truck mount or portable is really a moot point. Most guys don’t run their supply through the reel regardless of how their setup is. It’s just an unnecessary restriction.
You lost me. Everyone has a reel. My hose is 50 feet so its always extened all the way. What am i missing here? Is it it me or am i incorrectly relating what i have which works well for me?
You completly lost me. I get that some guys have a tank but the line comes off a reel to the house spigot. So im lost where you say most guys dont run supply through a reel. Im not questioning you, just trying to see if we are on the same page.
They don’t plumb the supply hose into the reel. They just reel the hose up on the reel and use it for storage/transport. What I’m saying is that even though they have their reels mounted to the truck they’re not running water through the reel. You can do the same with your reel. Mount it wherever and just use it for storage/transport. That way you can flip your hose around and save yourself a lot of walking.
Youre saying just wrap the hose ON the reel and unwind it and run direct from spigit to machine? Im lost. What if you have 100 feet of hose and only need to run 50 feet to spigot? It has to run through the reel at that point. Now im lost even more. Somewhere we are loosi g conversation in translation. I run my hose to spigot and and water runs through reel to machine as supply. What am I totally not understanding here. Spigot, then supply running through hose and reel, connected to machine. Please tell me what im missing here
