Lol…I’m sure she’s use to being embarrassed since you probably manage to do it one way or another multiple times a day.
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Do you have any remote systems available for the proportioner? I have the pro mixalot and would love to add remote function to it…
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I could build that!
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@SchertzServicesLLC I finally got finished replumbing my entire rig, with the remote system fully installed. I have one 1/4” line going to the water tank, the other going to my mix tank and the third to the injector. I did a test today and found that with this stainless filter attached ( Stainless Chemical Filter | Power Wash Store ) I was barely getting 20 to 1 with both my stainless super suds sucker or my new super soaker injector from Powerwash.com (they were touting 5-1 pull rate and charging $160 for it) I removed the filter and got it down to 14-1 but neither one are what they were, at 10-1. I am curious, I did have to extend the line you provided for the mix tank by about 6’. Do you think that it’s too long or is it normal to have less pull with this system? Not knocking your Schertz box it’s the best thing on my rig just want to make sure I installed everything correctly…
If you added 6’, and he sends about that much, that’s a long pull. I typically keep mine about 4-5’.
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Another variable that I should consider is that I made a bunch of changes and upgrades all within a month. I replaced my 100’ pressure hose that frequently would add one or two 50’ sections to with a new 200’ uninterrupted line. The last time I tested I had 10 to 1 but it could also have been with only 100’ attached. Do you think going from 100-200 feet would substantially reduce the amount coming through? I may need to go back to straight sh and surfactant, which doesn’t bother me though.
One way to find out. Put your 100’ back on there and test it. Mine pulls fine though with 300’ of hose. That super soaker injector looks like a gimmick to me and adds another check valve when you already have one in the filter. I always order my filters w/o the the check ball because they often cause problems. But I don’t see how having that extra little piece on the injector is going to give you a 5-1 ratio. If it was true everyone would offer one.
Also on your super suds sucker, it comes with different inserts. You can change the insert size to get different draw rates. You need to take an hour and experiment. There’s a reason I try to test everything.
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Get rid of the filter. SSS is a marketing gimmick. All it is is a GP injector. If you are 200 ft or more, step down an injector size
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Extending the line could have taken it down a bit. But I can’t see that much resistance. Never had a complaint of it pulling hard. Did you step down the new injector?
I forget who it was that had an enclosed trailer and was a super long run. Maybe it was @Harold? Never heard a complaint.
I pulled 15ft lengths when I ran box trucks
Yep. Mounted inside an enclosed trailer. 400’ of hose down the street and through about 7 shotgun homes. Parking is tough at times. Zero issues with the remote
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Swap out your injector to a new gp 2.1 just to eliminate the possibility of the injector being the issue. They go bad randomly and sometimes unexplainable. I’ve broken them down. Changed gaskets, balls, springs and they still just don’t work. Time for a new one. Worth a shot
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Thanks everyone. I removed the filter and that did help (and that filter did have a check valve, which is another thing I never used before, used to use the mushroom head filters). I had never used the super soaker before as it came in after the Schertz box and it was changed with the install of the box at the same time. I did swap to use what I had been using and that was the sss and I can confirm that they are nearly identical, in fact the sss with the 5-8gpm injector was a hair faster. When I first bought the stainless sss I had the 2-3gpm nozzle installed (was also using it with my old 5gpm All American machine at the time and it pulled great.) I upgraded my machine to an 8gpm in September and left the 2-3gpm injector in there for a few days. When I would flip the bypass ball valve I noticed a huge change in flow from soap to rinsing. After a few days of that I thought wow soap is painfully slow, then remembered I had those changeable nozzles. I swapped the 2-3 for the 5-8gpm nozzle and it felt much closer to the rinsing power when using the bypass. I vowed to keep that bigger nozzle in as long as it worked. I was at 10-1 with 100’ of hose. I think what I’ll do, now that the bypass is gone and I have the 3 way box from the genius @SchertzServicesLLC is keep the 5-8gpm nozzle in there and just switch from the half and half sh and water mix to straight sh so that I can maintain my high flow rate and be strong enough in the mix. I need to give a big shout out to Chris because I cannot say enough about that box! Now that I have it, I have ditched the bypass entirely (along with those 90’s it had in it obviously) and after doing the bucket test, finding that it’s less than .2gpm difference I am stoked to have the perfect solution! By the way one other thing that I am sure most of you probably already know about or do is I installed a ball valve before the quick connects to the ds injector so that during the times of using the surface cleaner I can easily remove the injector and snap the line back together to get that extra little umph and save unnecessary wear and tear on the valve in the box. Not sure if anyone else does this but it’s nice to not have to turn the machine off to remove it or change the injector if necessary.
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No I didn’t try that yet. When I get time I am going to swap the hoses back to the 100’ and do another test to eliminate variables (they are mounted with threads to the reel). Another thought I had is to reconnect the 5.3gpm 12v pump to force feed the injector like I used to do when I needed a stronger mix before I got my 12v setup. It would about double the pull strength. Do you see any harm coming to the valve in your box if I did that?
You should also have a 3-5 gpm orifice for your injector. That will pull stronger than the 5-8, and with less flow restriction than the tiny 2-3 orifice.
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Great tip thank you! I do have that and may use it if the straight sh isn’t strong enough.
Not unless a hose blew off the barb inside the box. If it did you’d fill the box with sh and just have a pretty white box that said Schertz 
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