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    I think it shows poor leadership. You infarct your kids (me), not your managers in public. Pull your managers aside and speak to them in person and in private. But..........this is a private forum and you can run things how you see fit even it there is the most glaring bias Ive ever encountered on a BBS.

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    I wonder how hot water gets (roughly) when its in bypass? I ask because my cat pump has been going for about a year now running exclusively on hot water. Anywhere from 110 to about 190 degrees depending on location. It also runs in bypass every night on every job for about 5 minuets at the longest (getting hose from kitchen to roof). I put a 1 foot bypass hose on it, the pump does not have a hot seal kit. I have another electric cat pump with internal bypass thats pushing 2 years old, again run exclusively on hot water. Conversley, long ago I had a cheapo general EZ pump, I accidentally hooked it up to hot water once (didnt know outside spigot was hot). Half way through the job it wasnt building pressure, the pump never performed right again.

    My point is, you say you have a cat pump, you use it seldomly, I wonder if you have to do anything at all?

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    My understanding about the pressure/flow equation is that if the pump is rated at Xgpm at Xpsi, then lowering the psi will result in increased gpm up to a point. When a water pump, car engine, or electrical circuit has reduced resistance to flow, then the flow, or current will be greater. It's just physics.

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    Then you dont understand physics. A piston will displace X amount of water per stroke. The only way to get more gpm out of a pump is to spin it faster. If you use a larger tip and get more flow then your engine was not turning at its rated rpm with the smaller tip.

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    ps- a female on hose end joining things up could snag on a corner and in theory unlock.
    Brings up a good question, I seem to be backwards on many Ive seen. I have a male QC on the hose end, female on whatever Im connecting to it. My reason is when winding the hose up a female (being larger) will catch on more stuff and will wear out faster from being drug on concrete/asphalt. A male QC is smaller, doesnt even touch the ground most of the time, and when it does need replaced is much cheaper.

    Which way do yall do it?

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