My latest trick

[Mikey P]

Instead of having a QC on my "Cold" water line and a QC on my "Hot" I ran it over back to the hot line and added a ball valve. Now I can hook up once and with the turn of a ball valve I can run hot or cold....

 

[Jim Martin]

can that be done to feed each reel individually ?

 

[Scott Rogers]

Jim, yes you can do that to each reel. Its just more plumbing and fittings.

 

[Ricky Thurman]

great idea mike! I don't know much about Vortex's, so I might be off base here, but did you get a ball valve that will hold up to the pressure and heat?

 

[Mikey P]

The Carbon ones from Parker hold up for up to a year.

I have some SS 2000 psi BVs that I got from GG and Sal M that are holding up too.


Did you know you can spend $200 bucks on a ball valve?

Jim...It would involve one more BV, another T and 18" on SS/telfon hose to run it to both reels.. Not a big deal.

 

[Jim Martin]

your configuration is a little different than mine.

I changed mine some to make it a little more compact when I replaced the check valve......

 

[Michael Ellis]

I am not sure we are speaking the same reasoning here, but I added a ball valve to each live reel input so I could isolate it if I blew a line.

On another note, to build heat we pressure wash a few things at 1500 rpms like the truck, the side walk, the dog....just kiddin' about the dog.

 

[Mikey P]

My set up is so I can use the "Cold " water from my tank (to use my HF and clean sensitive fabrics and wools) and then switch it over to "Hot" for every day cleaning with out disconnecting the hose....

One hose, two temps.




How the hell would raising the pressure increase your heat?

 

[Larry Cobb]

Mikey;

Nice job, but too much plumbing hung out from the HX ? cylinder.

I did notice some Parker fittings in the mix.

Did you add those?

Larry Cobb

 

[Jim Martin]

I added the shut off like you did by the unloading valve and used it for the first time today and noticed a huge drop in my pressure......is this normal

 

[Mikey P]

An open ball valve should not reduce your pressure.

 

[Jim Martin]

any ideas why it would like I said I get a huge drop..........

 

[SmcKay]

Mike,

Does that flow to both hose reels or just one? It would be nice to be able to switch one to warm while the other stays hot for dual wanding. The AT comes with a QC from the tank but you would need a seperate reel.

Scott

 

[Mikey P]

Only one of my reels is live Scott.

I hook up my other line at the HX so I can do what you described..

 

[Bill]

Mike, how old is your truck? Every fitting looks brand new. You must really take care of and look after everything down to the last detail. It all looks polished and super clean. I find myself slipping in this area as I get older. Just a by product of less time and wanting to spend more time doing other things.

My hat is off to you, good job.

Bill in central Florida

 

[Mikey P]

I picked it up in Dec 04.


I wipe as I go Bill because I hate a messy dirty CLEANING truck.

 

[harryhides]

With all those ball valves the number of walk ups should really pick up.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Butler has done it similarly for decades, and lately Prochem uses a three-way valve for this function.

You can color code your valves or vary them in some way to make the setup more intuitive.

 

[Numero Uno]

very nice ,smart idea...