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Dave O


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I finally added a flush tank for the purpose of flushing out the system with fresh water at the end of the day. Previously I would transfer the draw tube from the chemical tank to a 7 gallon container of fresh water and flush the system out by spraying back into the 7 gallon container. Now I added a 35 gallon tank for fresh water, removed the draw tube from the chemical tank and instead connected the pump inlet to the chemical bulk head and added two valves. I also installed an in-line filter. So now to flush, I close the chemical valve, open the fresh water valve and spray into the fresh water tank. At the beginning of the next day, I pump the used flush water into the chemical tank and replace it with fresh water ready for the next flushing.

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Ed Thompson


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Having fresh water readily available is always a good thing. A small check valve wouldnt hurt. Especially if you have employees. Those ball valves get tight after a while and you think you closed it all the way but not. Then someone will go rinsing landscape or something and boom, you're fuked.

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Capital Roof Wash


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Great advice Ed! And those ball valves are desert for SH. I went from a draw tube to an all ball valve set-up with two 65 gallon leg tanks... all Schedule 40 material (white) and the ball valves failed within 4 weeks. I then cut out all the SCH 40 and replaced it with SCH 80 (grey) but still had issues with the ball leaking after a few months and switched back to a draw system.

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Art O


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This is where them Proportioner thing can come in handy. Turn the S/H off and rinse your pump out

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