Date:         Wed, 26 Jun 2002 21:50:19 -0400
Reply-To:     Edward Maglott <emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US>
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From:         Edward Maglott <emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US>
Subject:      Re: reducing westy water faucet velocity
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I think I will try this method.  I talked to the electronics instructor at
the school where I work about electrically reducing output.  He said a
solid state  voltage regulator would probably be the ticket, and only a
couple $ in parts.  Then I could use a switch to have 2 speeds of
water.  But someone else said that running the pump on lower voltage would
probably do more damage to it than just restricting the hose.  Also hard to
pass up the cheap fix...

Edward

At 6/24/02 03:25 PM, you wrote:

>I did this on my  '77 Westy (tightened a hose clamp around the hose between
>the pump and the faucet), for exactly that reason.  By tightening/loosening
>the clamp to "fine tune" the restiction, I was able to get exactly the flow
>I wanted.  The best benefit was that by reducing water useage, the tank
>water lasted much longer between refills, which was a big advantage when
>fresh water was not readily available.  I was concerned that this "fix"
>might cause premature failure of the pump, but if it did, it happened over a
>year and a half later (as that is when I sold the bus, with the pump still
>working).  I figured that at around $25 for a pump, my worst-case financial
>risk wasn't huge, and the prospect of a two-minute, ten-cent fix was too
>tempting to pass up. :-)
>
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