Hey everyone I have these two videos to show you so yo can see my set up and hopefully give me some insight into my system.
I want to know if you think I am getting enough water flow. If you do not think that I am, The two factors I wanted to raise is:
I am using pole hose for my DI line
I have a water pressure valve on the inlet to the tank which is set at 45PSI
Do you think these two factors would effect the water flow?
To me it does not seem as if the water is sheeting off the glass like other videos I have seen posted on WCR.
This Hose here is 150 feet however I have up to 500 feet of hose. I have ran it through 300 feet and it came out at the same flow rate. So I’m not sure if 300 vrs 100 has a lot of difference.
Although maybe I should try a thicker hose. Do you think that the thicker hose 3/8th will fit the “EZ Snap- Quick Connects for Pole Hose”?
As far as support for the pole from the company I bought it from, I haven’t called them yet. The pole it self is fine, there is nothing wrong with it. Their technical guy is hard to reach and the times I have spoken with him it has been difficult to explain the situation. Which I why I have posted here on this forum instead.
The problem is the pole hose. You are getting no flow because of restriction in that small ID hose. If you hook up 100’ of 3/8" hose from the DI tank and then to the pole hose you will have a much better flow rate.
The reason you will get better pressure out of your pole if you increase the size of the hose feeding the pole hose is b/c there will be a larger volume of water coming through the 3/8 hose and when it hits your 3/16" hose(pole hose) you will have increased pressure.
Right now the hose I am using is 5/16 so the 3/8 is only 1/16 larger, do you think that 1/16 will make that big of improvment in the water flow or do you think I should go for an even larger hose like 1/2 inch?
Will the 3/8 fit onto these quick connects? I had a hard time just getting the 5/16 on to these quick connects.
Also if I go with the larger hose I will probably need to use some sort of clamp to keep the hose onto the barbed male quick connects since they are smaller?
Do you think that a low water flow would also might contribute to spotting on the window since the water does not sheet off the glass?
I don’t know much about WFP setups, but the plumbing issue is universal. If you had trouble getting the 5/16" hose onto the barbs, then maybe they were meant for 3/8" hose. I know what you are thinking, 1/16" of an inch isn’t that much but think of it in this way:
Get a standard diameter straw from any fast food restaurant, and try drinking with it. Now try and find a smaller straw, even something like a coffee stir stick, and try drinking with that. It is much easier to drink with a larger diameter straw, and that is only 8" worth of draw. Now imagine you have 100’, 300’, or 500’ of water line (draw), add that 1/16" of an inch to the amount of water output, and that is a lot of water, plus then when it hits your pole line at 3/16" diameter or whatever size, now all of this water is forced into a smaller outlet = more pressure. Good luck!
That yellow pole hose is 5/16" OD not 5/16" ID. Its 3/16" ID. The hose most use on their systems to feed water to the pole hose is 3/8" ID. It will make all the difference in the world.
The valve barb kit link would go into the 3/8" (yes clamp is needed)
The male quick connect would go into the pole hose (yes clamp is needed)
Spotting issues are usually always due to rinsing/flow problems.
Do you think the clamps offered on WCR Will fit that size hose and do you think they will hold up? Or is their some clamps that will hold up longer at lets say a local hardware store?
The 3/8 ID sounds like that will make a big difference. Thanks for that valuable information, I think its going to make my set up work the right way now.
So you could connect the 3/8 ID hose to your pole hose with a quick connect then?
