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Title: two poles from one pump?
Post by: peekeclean on January 27, 2017, 09:06:39 pm

Hi all how is the best way to make your system two man?. Iv seen it done with one pump and a t peice inline but what if your not going to be 2man all week? will pressure go up and down?
I also have the di in my van so can you tee off after the di to both reels? is it possible to feed a second pump after the first has gone through the di and just put a ball valve to cut it off if your working solo?.

whats the best way to about it?

thanks joe

Title: Re: two poles from one pump?
Post by: 8weekly on January 27, 2017, 09:09:28 pm

Yes, pressure will go up and down, but if funds are tight it will do. Better with two pumps.

Title: Re: two poles from one pump?
Post by: Soupy on January 27, 2017, 09:15:53 pm

All our systems are 2 man 1 pump. No problems with going up and down although I'm not entirely sure what you mean by that. If it's 1 person using the system you need to turn it down a bit.

Tank > pump > DI > DI > T > reels

Title: Re: two poles from one pump?
Post by: 8weekly on January 27, 2017, 09:18:23 pm

Quote from: Soupy on January 27, 2017, 09:15:53 pm

All our systems are 2 man 1 pump. No problems with going up and down although I'm not entirely sure what you mean by that. If it's 1 person using the system you need to turn it down a bit.

Tank > pump > DI > DI > T > Reels

Only that the pressure drops when two hoses are running.

Title: Re: two poles from one pump?
Post by: peekeclean on January 27, 2017, 09:50:56 pm

hi thanks for the replys, i have two pumps and two flow controllers just one DI so wonder if you can use the first pump to draw water and fire it through the di then use a tee to send water to first hose  and second pump, or would that not work?

so main problem is two pumps but only one DI?

Title: Re: two poles from one pump?
Post by: Don Kee on January 27, 2017, 10:07:32 pm

Get another D.I?

Or when you transfer your water, transfer it through the D.I so the water in your tank is pure?

Title: Re: two poles from one pump?
Post by: peekeclean on January 28, 2017, 10:02:00 am

Thats a good idear don DI befor i transfer the water but do you know where i can you get the fitting to go from a  450gpd r/o(or what is the size of the pipe) to a DI? is it 3/8"

Title: Re: two poles from one pump?
Post by: Matt. on January 28, 2017, 10:57:48 am

A second pump is best
 if u run 2 poles off the same pump, the higher one of the 2 suffers lower pressure at the brush head.

Title: Re: two poles from one pump?
Post by: Don Kee on January 28, 2017, 12:07:04 pm

Quote from: peekeclean on January 28, 2017, 10:02:00 am

Thats a good idear don DI befor i transfer the water but do you know where i can you get the fitting to go from a  450gpd r/o(or what is the size of the pipe) to a DI? is it 3/8"

When I had a 450, I bought some 1/4" fittings from Daqua so I could produce water from the RO straight through my 25litre DI, into the storage tank

They do all sorts of fittings, have a look on their website or give doug a ring