Which Quick Connects?

I have brass fittings less than two years old that are unusable.

I just about pulled my hair out because I couldn’t find your post. I looked in a bunch of threads I was looking at. Then went to my notifications, nothing there. Went to your profile, nada. Then just said w/e and posted it with a tag. I thought I lost my mind! It took me longer to find your post then finding you the info.

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Buy Parker I’m telling you

Brass should be fine for supply hoses since its just water right?

I bought some garden hose quick connects at harbor freight yesterday, saw them there and almost did a double take. I’m sure they will fail soon and are garbage, but for $6.99 I couldn’t not try them out compared to ~$20/set of parkers+shipping.

Also I ended up ordering Fosters for everything after the last hose and imports on all the hose connections before. All from Russ. Pump outlet and coupler connecting to bypass I have brass, shouldn’t be an issue using them before the DSI right?

I’m old school I just screw the dang hose onto the bib and turn it on lol

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Nah, you’ll be fine with brass. The only brass stuff that I’ve had go prematurely was all on a 12v system and that’s just asking for trouble. Nothing wrong with brass fittings. I’ve used thousands of them with very, very few failures. Mainly just wear and tear takes them out eventually.

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Most people have their hose spigots plumbed with 1/2” pipe, as well. A few extra inches of 1/2” diameter rigid tube is going to do next to nothing to the flow rate.

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That’s fair, and I use those very same fittings in other places but I like to keep the supply side as free flowing as possible as I’m feeding two machines now.

I’m all about that flow rate, trust me. Running a 8gpm machine with a 55 gallon buffer off of old Vermont wells can be a challenge. I wouldn’t be using the camlocks if I believed they could even slightly impact my flow rates.

Plus, the cams make it super easy to bypass my hose reel (making it more likely that I’ll bother to do it right away, instead of after my tank is running dry :joy:), as well as dual feed my tank.

I really need to shoot some video soon of my rig. I think I’ve come up with some pretty creative solutions for flexibility and functionality.

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You’ll be fine with that. I ran my old pump like that for a year & a half with no issues. Still works.

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I’d love to see your rig soon Alex as I’m trying to get mine fleshed out as close to the “right” way for myself as I can. I understand I’m starting really late season-wise but it is what it is. So how much does running your supply through the reel manifold affect flow really? Percentage wise if you had to guess.

Awesome, thanks Wizard. I figured as such. While I’m here, is there a good place to get whip lines for cheaper than the vendors or should I just pony up $3-4+/ft for a few lines?

The reel itself doesn’t provide much restriction because I went with a 1” plumbed reel.

It’s the hose still coiled on the reel that’s the major bottleneck. Pushing through 200’ of hose instead of 100’ is a big difference. Maybe 20-30% reduction in flow depending on the water pressure from the tap. And having it coiled causes the hose to collapse a little, as well as introducing some centrifugal friction.

So I’ll unreel the first 100’ and hook it directly into the supply line to the tank. Then I can unreel the second section of hose and hook to a second spigot if needed. I usually don’t bother bypassing the reel if I’m dual feeding. But I have the option to if the supply is really slow and I’m getting frustrated, lol.

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That makes total sense, thank you. Looking forward to seeing your whole setup.

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I couldn’t do it. Flexzilla is the only supply hose I’ll ever buy again because they are more flexible than a wet noodle. They like to flatten out when rolled up but they also blow up big & fat when they are turned loose. Takes less than a minute to unhook & connect to the whip on the buffer tank. Love the 3/4 inch. I would’ve bought 25 foot sections if I could find them but 50’s work well.

I know a guy that can help you. I’m that guy btw

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Do what? I’m lost, lol

Haha, it’s all good. I was just saying I’ll never plumb the supply hose through the reel. Or the pressure hose for that matter.

So whats the deal with resists the urge to type airplane food then strikethrough it again pressure hose and reels? Besides maybe slightly lower psi at the gun from the elbows and extra hose if you need less than 100’, and corrosion through the manifold/swivels (even stainless steel ones have a lifespan when running bleach through them right? could be wrong), and potential birdsnesting of the hose; whats the advantage of having to unreel it all and hook it in? I know you like simplicity Wizard, but I was planning on plumbing the reels and now you’ve got me wondering.

Plumb through your pressure reel. But also plumb your reel inlet with a quick connect so you can bypass it if you wish. That way you can decide which way suits you better.

Personally, I almost never bypass my reel. Keeping it on the reel is way more convenient in my mind. I’ll gladly replace the manifold when I need to.

Since we already covered supply hoses above, I run 50 foot sections of pressure hose also. Every section has a swivel & I use a flow unloader so the lines are not pressurized & I have a swivel every 50 feet which makes life a little easier. Each hose is a different color. Hose #1 sees action at every job. Hose #5 rarely sees any action. Shorter hoses have better flow, better PSI, clear out soap faster, pull soap faster, save wear & tear on unnecessary components & they are more fun to drag around haha. The disadvantage is you are rolling off 150 if you need 110. I can live with that. Also, I can only squeeze 5 50 footers on a reel that could hold a 400 foot section.