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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Jor dan on August 09, 2016, 04:51:27 pm

Title: psi gauge on wand/hose?
Post by: Jor dan on August 09, 2016, 04:51:27 pm

I have heard through the great vine that you can put a psi gauge on your wand or solution hose to measure what your porty pump is putting out, if your machine does not have one built in. (scorpion 500psi)

anyone have any clear instructions on this, can't find any info on google or youtube.

Title: Re: psi gauge on wand/hose?
Post by: Mike Halliday on August 09, 2016, 05:53:59 pm

T junction fitting,   fit a male QC on one end...... a female on the opposite, fit the gauge on the spare end. If all the T fitting has male ends you will need a female-female adaptor as gauges tend to have a male fitting.

Easy- peasy

Title: Re: psi gauge on wand/hose?
Post by: Mike Halliday on August 09, 2016, 05:59:24 pm

Or....... Just fit a QC of the gauge and connect it to the solution line...... But this will trap the pressure so it will be hard to disconnect the gauge once you've checked the psi

Title: Re: psi gauge on wand/hose?
Post by: Jor dan on August 09, 2016, 06:27:19 pm

Ok, my solution line is male/female, my wand is male.

So I buy a female t junction, attach this to my wand,

attach the male QC to the T-junction, and then the psi gauge to the T-junction?

I'm rubbish with instructions, more of a visual learner lol. Have you got any links to what exactly I need to purchase, based on me having male/female solution hose, and Male wand connector.

Sorry to be a pain

Title: Re: psi gauge on wand/hose?
Post by: Mike Halliday on August 09, 2016, 06:49:26 pm

Imagine this with the correct size fittings, the perfect T fitting would have male ends to connect the QCs and female to screw in the gauge

(http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1470764953_image.jpeg)

Title: Re: psi gauge on wand/hose?
Post by: Jor dan on August 09, 2016, 06:54:07 pm

excellent,

will get on it as soon as I can  ;D

Title: Re: psi gauge on wand/hose?
Post by: Mike Halliday on August 09, 2016, 07:04:17 pm

Another one I just made  ;)

these parts are alloy air fittings bought from  a compressed air equipment shop they cost 50p-60p each

(http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1470765732_image.jpg)