My intentions here are to ask a question and to jump start this part of the board.
I do not use a water tank. We always have plenty of water available.
I want the benefit of having the unloader dumping water in bypass. This will keep the pump cool indefinately by only allowing fresh water to enter the pump.
I will install a tee at the unloader bypass port.
On one end of the tee I will install a 4.0 gpm s.s. check valve. The check valve will have an elbow and hose barb attached to it. The hose barb will have a small piece of hose that will leads down to the ground.
On the other end of the tee I will attach the standard bypass hose running to the inlet water supply.
What should now happen is as the unloader goes into bypass the check valve will open and discharge a portion of water flow to the ground.
When washing resumes the check valve will close and normal operation resumes. I will still have a small percentage of water(5%) in bypass all the time. This takes place regardless.
I will let you guys know how it works out. May take a little adjusting but should work.
Others are doing this with three way ball valves.
I do not use a water tank. We always have plenty of water available.
I want the benefit of having the unloader dumping water in bypass. This will keep the pump cool indefinately by only allowing fresh water to enter the pump.
I will install a tee at the unloader bypass port.
On one end of the tee I will install a 4.0 gpm s.s. check valve. The check valve will have an elbow and hose barb attached to it. The hose barb will have a small piece of hose that will leads down to the ground.
On the other end of the tee I will attach the standard bypass hose running to the inlet water supply.
What should now happen is as the unloader goes into bypass the check valve will open and discharge a portion of water flow to the ground.
When washing resumes the check valve will close and normal operation resumes. I will still have a small percentage of water(5%) in bypass all the time. This takes place regardless.
I will let you guys know how it works out. May take a little adjusting but should work.
Others are doing this with three way ball valves.
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