814jeffw
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I was looking through old threads and came upon something that led me to something else, Ha,Ha,..
I was noticed some people use easy start valves,.it is a valve that threads into the un-used outlet of the PW pump,..it sorta acts like a decompression valve acts on a gas engine like bigger chain saws have. The easy start valve keeps the pressure from building in the system,.allowing the engine to turn over freely with less drag on the starter and battery. I seen someone mention the use of a high pressure ball valve in place of this valve,..they just have it open with a hose running back into the supply tank,..then when the engine starts and running they then shut the valve.
I found that interesting,..as it is now I sometimes just let the ball valve on the hose open while I start the engine and let it flow until I get to it,..no big deal really,..and this accomplishes the same thing.
But what I found even more interesting, or should I say thought provoking,..is this: Instead of using the second port for an easy start valve,... Would it be beneficial in any way to run your main pressure line from this second port,..instead of running it from the unloader?,..And just use the unloader to bypass. The unloader would only have to be working when you left off the trigger? Does this make sense to anyone else? Would it save wear on the unloader? Would it provide more flow from the pump,..simply due to being able to bypass the unloader,...but the unloader would still bypass as soon as you left off the trigger?
Jeff
I was noticed some people use easy start valves,.it is a valve that threads into the un-used outlet of the PW pump,..it sorta acts like a decompression valve acts on a gas engine like bigger chain saws have. The easy start valve keeps the pressure from building in the system,.allowing the engine to turn over freely with less drag on the starter and battery. I seen someone mention the use of a high pressure ball valve in place of this valve,..they just have it open with a hose running back into the supply tank,..then when the engine starts and running they then shut the valve.
I found that interesting,..as it is now I sometimes just let the ball valve on the hose open while I start the engine and let it flow until I get to it,..no big deal really,..and this accomplishes the same thing.
But what I found even more interesting, or should I say thought provoking,..is this: Instead of using the second port for an easy start valve,... Would it be beneficial in any way to run your main pressure line from this second port,..instead of running it from the unloader?,..And just use the unloader to bypass. The unloader would only have to be working when you left off the trigger? Does this make sense to anyone else? Would it save wear on the unloader? Would it provide more flow from the pump,..simply due to being able to bypass the unloader,...but the unloader would still bypass as soon as you left off the trigger?
Jeff