couplers for presssure washers, how do you connect them?

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Hey i got a question for you all. most PW i know always install female quick connect couplers to all there spray guns,wands,etc,etc. whats the point in this.am i missing something or what. i would think this would be more expensive. i use quick couplers on my hoses only and male connectors on my guns and other equipment. does this really matter how there connected? it just seems everytime i run into a PW i see this, same goes when i look at new equipment at my local dealer and they cant explain this to me:scratchhead:
 
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I have heard "experts" in the industry say that the plug needs to be on what you are connecting to and other "experts" in the industry say the opposite so you don't really know who out there to believe.

I will believe someone when I see a test done and some scientific proof one way or the other.

I have a plug on the ball valve that is on the end of the hose so I can block the water and connect to guns, wands, extend-a-wands, surface cleaners, etc.....
 
I have mine setup the same as yours, couplers on the hose end and plugs on the wand, surface cleaners, .....

I have done it backwards in the past and didn't work out so well for me, I would be curious as to others opinions on why they set their rigs up in the manner your talking about, opposite from you and I and maybe I will see something I am missing
 
So Chris you ahve a plug on the end of your ball valve? I have mine opposite. I bet if your doing a lot of rinsing with the ball valve it could help out with the pattern of flow
 
That is just the way I got it rigged up, no science behind it or anything.

I heard that if you have the coupler on the end of the ball valve that will let some air into the stream through the holes in the coupler and help with the foaming when washing with the ball valve only.

I washed a lot of houses and buildings with only the ball valve but now I use the gun/wand to help control the runoff and areas are controlled a lot better and chemical usage is down also because I am controlling the chemicals a lot more and not just flooding everything by using the ball valve.

It is all just personal preference.
 
Think of it as an arrow. It helps the water flow more smoothly. A side benefit to having the female on the gun, when an O-Ring pops, you won;t get wet as quickly. Since I have been burned before in a situation like that, I try and avoid it when I can.
 
Scott Stone said:
Think of it as an arrow. It helps the water flow more smoothly. A side benefit to having the female on the gun, when an O-Ring pops, you won;t get wet as quickly. Since I have been burned before in a situation like that, I try and avoid it when I can.
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Thats an easy way to put it I will have to use that from now on.

offdutyfireman said:
Every fire truck in the world and every garden hose/plumbed piping run with the male leading away from the water source. Simple friction loss. Also, if you use low pressure downstreaming like me and catch a coupler on a corner you can disconnect it if you run you couplers backwards.
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Yep well said.
 
Great info William, Thanks.

That is a good way to think about it.
 
Scott Stone said:
Think of it as an arrow. It helps the water flow more smoothly. A side benefit to having the female on the gun, when an O-Ring pops, you won;t get wet as quickly. Since I have been burned before in a situation like that, I try and avoid it when I can.
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Bingo
 
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