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Toy making in progress...squirt gun to end all...(jet pump squirt gun)

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Stop posting and maybe you'll get your work done faster to make more boating time. . . . . . Just sayin
If only....I typically post when conference calls I'm on get a grand stander blabbing on about something I'm not involved in....
 

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....not sure a zip tie would hold as well as these clamps will, and those points are the primary failure points under pressure.
I suspect your non-reinforced vinyl hose is the weak link in the chain. I would replace that with reinforced hose (like @trace has - or better) before you put reduction nozzles on the end of the hose.
 

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I suspect your non-reinforced vinyl hose is the weak link in the chain. I would replace that with reinforced hose (like @trace has - or better) before you put reduction nozzles on the end of the hose.
I was wondering about that....we'll just have to see...
 

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:peeking: This is gonna be great..
 

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Nah, the hose isn't going to be a problem, he's not going to generate enough pressure for that to be a problem using no-wake mode. The collector doesn't capture all the flow out of the pump, there is a ton of blowby.
 

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So here is the video of the result of this little project. Unfortunately I was on my own, so I had to put my phone down on the dock to get video. I used 2 nozzles one 3/4 in and one 1/2 inch. It really didn't make much difference other than the volume of water being delivered -the distance was pretty much the same.

Distances:
Idle Speed 2-3 feet
2400 rpm No Wake Mode 6-8 feet
4-5,000 rpm 30-50 feet.

 

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Yeah, at idle you might wanna have your boats prostate checked.....

But at the higher RsPM......Hmmmmmm...:winkingthumbsup"
 

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Thanks for posting the video, that thing looks like a ton of fun!

I gotta say that I really thought it would spray much further at the low rpms.
 

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Keep in mind, it sits in the pump when it is in neutral, and doesn't cover the whole thing, so there is quite a bit of blowby (as trace pointed out). I'm sure it would go further if I gave it more RPMs, but I was on my own and didn't have the hands to hold it well and goose the throttles
 

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You should strap a water cannon to the tower. Cam.
 

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You can use that in case you ever run into those Japanese whaling ships! :cool:
 

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Cool @Julian What would it do with no nozzle at all...??
 

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@Lspeedss I should have tried it with no nozzle, but I'm pretty sure it wouldn't care! You'd just have a 1 inch stream of water vs 3/4 or 1/2! At that level, it might be more like a firehose than a squirt gun!
 

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Fire hose!! wasn't that the idea? lol
 

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@Julian at least you might knock someone off the swim deck with a 1" column of water!
 
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