Question About High Pressure Water Sprayers

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  1. Von Jones

    Von Jones Supreme Member
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    I'm at a lost about this after my son pointed it out to me. Do you need multiple hoses to reach longer distances? Whatever one can share with me about this is appreciated. I need to get from my back yard to the front and I couldn't find any help on Youtube. Of course I could call about it but I like it here. ;)
     
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    I've used a 100' hose attached to mine. I don't see why you couldn't use multiple hoses. The device itself (electric or gasoline) is what creates the high pressure. If it's electric you might need an extension cord to reach an outlet. There may be a limit on those.
     
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    You can use as many hoses on the inlet side as you need. The outlet is a high pressure hose and extensions are not normally used. You need to take the machine to the location of use.
     
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    I believe I got it. I can use my regular hose at the spiket attached it to the hose on the machine and roll it to the front of my house. So I just need another hose or two to reach the front. Thank you @Nancy Hart and @Peter Renfro.
     
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    You don't say what kind you have, @Von Jones but I would recommend using a hose or hoses of the largest diameter available to supply enough water--usually 3/4". Sometimes smaller hose diameters cannot keep up with the pump on the sprayer/pressure washer.
     
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    It might be close to an inch. It's about the size of a nickel and thick, heavy.
     
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    @Von Jones @Don Alaska
    What is said is accurate. On any kind of pumping device, the supply (feeder) line is almost always larger than the pressure line. A too-small feed line can "starve" the pump of adequate volume, causing poor performance and possibly cavitation which can damage a pump. Also, it should be remembered that the longer a hose is, no matter it's purpose, feeder or pressure, the greater the loss of pressure from one end to the other, due to friction. IOW, an extremely long water hose would deliver almost no water if it were, say, 10 miles long.
    Frank
     
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    Exactly.
     
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    I definitely appreciate this @Frank Sanoica,
     
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