johnnyb
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So I was cleaning in an area that ran off of a well yesterday. First hose bib was only putting out about 5gpm, so I switched to a hose bib right next to the well, which was putting out a good 9+ gpm. After cleaning for an hour or two I went back to check on my buffer tank, and I had my tank over flowing and water all inside my trailer. I'm running a hudson float valve and installation kit I got off pressuretek, and was running a 9 gpm cold water setup of 2 little gx390's bridged together.
So, time for the theoretical questions. To me the well was pumping harder that most city water in my area, is there a certain pressure that is too high for the float valve I'm using? It can't be much more than a year or so, and as well I'm still building up my pressure washing clients so it's not getting used much at all. For detailing I just bring what water I need and don't need a constant feed.
Another question, which could just be coincidence off of what happened. After my tank was overfilled and I managed the water levels manually, one of my machines developed a leak on the low pressure side of water inlet, on the other side of pump where you can run a dual feed. Was this just coincidence, or can too much water flow to my little machine?
I know I have to do my actual work of pulling the stuff apart, so I can update on what it all looks like. I have a quick job if it doesn't rain that I can use one machine on, then spend the weekend messing around with equipment.
So, time for the theoretical questions. To me the well was pumping harder that most city water in my area, is there a certain pressure that is too high for the float valve I'm using? It can't be much more than a year or so, and as well I'm still building up my pressure washing clients so it's not getting used much at all. For detailing I just bring what water I need and don't need a constant feed.
Another question, which could just be coincidence off of what happened. After my tank was overfilled and I managed the water levels manually, one of my machines developed a leak on the low pressure side of water inlet, on the other side of pump where you can run a dual feed. Was this just coincidence, or can too much water flow to my little machine?
I know I have to do my actual work of pulling the stuff apart, so I can update on what it all looks like. I have a quick job if it doesn't rain that I can use one machine on, then spend the weekend messing around with equipment.