What am I doing wrong? (12v pump question)

Ouch. Forgot about your little geographic impairment for a minute there :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

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Just double up on the hose clamps and place them 180 degrees of each other. That will likely take care of it.

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Can’t say I’ve ever seen hose clamps on the neck and not on the barb’d portion. Have you tried to put your clamps half way down?

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Exactly, just add another clamp a little lower until you get a real hose, preferably something about 250’ long.

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Do you have a local hydraulic shop? If so ask them if they can put band clamps on it. They give you way better connections plus dont stick out. Eventually you will put a hole on your hose. At the very least wrap the new clamps in black tape to soften the sharp edges of the clamps

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Didn’t try but definitely should’ve done it that way now that I think about it lol

Good thinking thanks @Firefighter4hire

Oh yea she gonna bite :grin:

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I’ve been enjoying pinch clamps for more permanent applications. Stainless of course. They have sets with tools on amazon reasonable priced.

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Works great! Really liking this new set up thanks again everyone for the help.

@anon37135677 what gauge wire and fuse are you using?

I’m just using what came with my pump for now

That was my problem. When i switched to 10 gauge wire i got alot more flow not sure if it was related in anyway.

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@anon37135677 I may be wrong but that thing is going to fail probably at the worst time possible. I understand it’s a work in progress just dont get comfortable with it. You may wat to put a heat shrink on it may help it last a little longer

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Yea it’s just a piece of plastic so your probably right… I’m just gonna keep a good eye on it and replace the entire hose soon enough

All I know is that switching the hose and gun made a huge difference. I also switched to a 5.5gpm from a 5gpm pump which probably helped a little bit. I’m gonna put the pump in a different box and add a switch over the winter.

I know shipping is dumb expensive how far are you away from border. Maybe we someone is close that they could drop ship it and you could pick it up. I get a discount on shipping I might be able to save you some money

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I can see the Detroit skyline from the park behind my house lol. I send my pressuretek orders to a family friends house just outside of Detroit. Just about to order some elemonator as we speak. Where do you get discounted shipping from? I appreciate the offer btw

So my brother is a pilot and for some reason they get a dumb discount on shipping though FedEx I shipped my race care motor from va to Connecticut 300 bucks I cant say it will be cheaper but I can try

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