rykk
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Post by rykk on Oct 16, 2013 18:12:39 GMT -5
Hi, all - I have a homemade, 2 wheel arbor that someone gave me. The guy had set it up with an almost 3ft tall PVC canister he'd made about 8" diameter. This was to have a BIG supply of gravity fed water and run through 1/4" copper to a couple of 1/4" water valve/taps; one for each wheel.
Ok, so not a bad idea if you live in NY but, here in Florida, many of us drink shallow well water and it's brutally hot in the garage most of the year. Since the water supply on this rig lasts such a long time, algae and untold other scummy junk soon starts to grow in the canister. Nasty stuff!
So, I tried putting a hose bib on the tee between the two water taps and ran a hose to the spigot on the side of the house. Not worth coprolite! The valves leaked a LOT if the spigot was opened more than the merest crack and, when they were opened, the spray was like a pressure washer. Bummer!
Now, I understand the hydraulics behind this as the 3/4" house water, necked down to 1/4" imparts a geometrically higher amount of force/pressure. Yet, I'm sure I saw in a rock/gem club's multi-wheel (Pixie?) setup that they had the thing run from a water spigot in the wall. How or what do I use to lower the pressure to the valves that supply the wheels to something manageable like theirs was? As I think, it WAS possible to get a lot of water on their wheels if you opened the petcocks a lot but at like a quarter turn or so they were perfect. Thanks, Rick ("cyborgsam"/"rykksROX" on Ebay)
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2013 18:57:28 GMT -5
Not sure if this will work but I have a pressure reducer that I hook up to my camper when I am on city water to bring the pressure down and not blow all the seals. It has garden hose fittings on both ends so it can be hooked up anywhere that you hook up a water hose. it brings the pressure down to 35 to 45 psi which is quite a step down from, I believe, 114 psi that the city water works at here.
Unfortunately I bought the camper used and did not find the reducer until after I had blown out a bunch of seals. What a pain in the butt that was.
I think that if you google water hose pressure reducers there will be something show up. Mine is brass and about four inches long so it shouldn't be too expensive. You might even be able to buy them with different pressure settings. Jim
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dellis326
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Post by dellis326 on Oct 16, 2013 19:54:31 GMT -5
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Post by orrum on Oct 16, 2013 20:09:59 GMT -5
Mine uses a refrigerator ice maker hookup kit screwed on the pvc pipe, it makes a hole in the pipe and is already a 1/4 inch setup.
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Post by orrum on Oct 16, 2013 20:14:55 GMT -5
Oops also put a gate valve on the pvc pipe b4 the ice maker hookup so u can shut the water off when u r finished. I also ran a pvc pipe for my drains thru the wall n2 a 5 gallon bucket, the bucket acts like a settlement trap and the rock grit and snot settles to the bottom, when the bucket is half full of solid sediment I throw it in the trash and put a new bucket under the drain.
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Post by jakesrocks on Oct 16, 2013 20:35:27 GMT -5
Since you live in Florida, and a lot of folks there use drip watering for gardens and such, you could always use a pressure reducer used in those systems. I'ts nothing more than a fitting that goes between the water supply and drip system. A set of discs comes with it. Each disc has a hole in the center. Smaller hole to reduce water flow. Larger hole to increase. Nothing to wear out.
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mibeachrocks
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Post by mibeachrocks on Oct 18, 2013 8:54:07 GMT -5
I found this at Lowes. It works great.
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rykk
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Post by rykk on Oct 24, 2013 19:33:29 GMT -5
Thanks for the tip's, y'all! C-ya, Rick
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