What is this junk and how did it get into the power sprayer?
Technician brought his power sprayer in last week and said it
wouldn't spray. Our power sprayer experts checked all the usually
suspects when someone brings in a weed sprayer or pest sprayer with a problem:
- Clogged filter
- Clogged tip
- Air leak, etc.
Couldn't find a problem. Then they started blowing out hoses to
attempt to find a clog. None of the hoses were overly clogged.
Eventually they determined that the hose reel hub was almost
completely clogged with a soft sludge. They pulled the input hose off
the reel and blew out the brown green crap you see above (George
Washington wasn't clogging the reel, he is provided for size
comparison).
Think of how hard the pump had to work to push water through or
against this stuff. The pump life was definately shortened because of
it.
It is critcal to clean out your power sprayer periodically. Run
clean water throught the system. Once a month would be great, though
most people don't even do it once per year.
If it has been a while since you cleaned our your sprayer, you
probably need to check the hoses and fittings as well. Use a compressor
to blow air through each hose. Be sure to blow the debris out of the
system, not deeper into it.
If fittings are getting clogged, replace them. It is faster to replace them then to try to clean them out.
Here is a earlier post detailed power sprayer tank clean out.
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