Everything you need to know about gravity feeding your pressure washer | Tips & Tricks | Stay Slick
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- In this video Gary G explains all there is to know about gravity feeding your pressure washer from a water tank in your van or trailer for the purposes of auto detailing. There are ways to manipulate the pressure and gallons per minute of water you can get for whatever situation you may be in just by changing tips with different orifice sizes.
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Great video ! Very Thorough but no excessive talking. I've watched several videos on this topic & you explain it the best !
Amazingly helpful! 🙏 I’ve been looking around online and this is the first video that actually helped me understand gravity fed systems. I appreciate you taking the time to give understanding to this topic.
Absolutely bro. Glad to help
Very well said .... I have been building spot-free tank systems for quite a few years and have told customers to use the Ryobi electric pressure washers since they work perfectly for gravity-fed tank systems. No, they don't work great if you are trying to wash off a truck / sxs / motorcycle or heavy equipment with heavy dried mud areas but it's a perfect setup for your normal everyday mobile pressure washing jobs.
I’ve been running a gravity fed system for a few months now and it’s honestly been great ! I have a 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee with a 50 gallon tank and I’m running a ryobi 1600 pressure and it’s took some time to figure out my whole set up and get it to were I like it but man just the part about not using a pump to feed the water to the pressure water always made me want to go more for the gravity fed system for sure!
Nice I’ve had two xj’s. Yea pumps are a pain in the butt.
Did you ever have problems with not getting enough pressure to your foam cannon or is getting a smaller orifice size for the cannon a solution?
Hey man! Thanks for the share, what do you think about ryobi 1400W/ 100bar with an 100 water tank?
@@TheAceY2k 1600 bro that’s all I gotta say for sure ! I still have the exact same one that I’ve had since I started and she’s a work horse she will give out soon idk when but she’s due and I got her on special so yeah I got my back up already !
@@TheAceY2k never ! Sorry for the late reply !
Good tips. I’m going to put my water tank in my accord and set it up with gravity fed✊🏽
There you go bro.
Good video Gary, a lot of people over think the setup.
Thank you sir. Agreed.
Awesome video with hard data!! Would love to see the same thing but with GPM! Thanks for the video man!
Absolutely. Thank you for watching.
I'm learning something new everytime I click on your video 👊
Right on bro then I’m doing my job.
Hello, so glad i came across tour chanel. I would like to use something like a Spx3200 with a gravity fed tank to remove grafitti along my hiking trails and I have been told it could not work. Happy to see there is hope. Hoping I don't end up wasting a lot of money
Let us know how it goes.
Man just the video I needed 🥲
thanks for the video and info. Im looking to gravity feed a HArbor Frieght 3,200 psi pressure washer off the bed of my pickup for grafitti. I'll let you know how it works out. I may need to go a 12 vdc pump for the higher pressure. The pressure readings you did was great.
Thanks, your video answered the questions I had. Much appreciated
Glad to help thank you for watching
Just as a I buy a van :) Stay slick, stay smooth... thanks man!
God is good. Thank you for the wisdom.
Great stuff.. i was going to waste money on a pump.. thanks for this
Great video on gravity feeding
Thank you
Yes sir glad I could help.
I was wondering what water tank you are using and fittings to get it to the ryobi, thanks again for the video, super helpful.
60 gal gravity feeding my ryobi 1800 psi.
Great video and detail! Im just wondering how you dont have more subscribers!
I appreciate that very much thank you
Big thanks from Québec Canada 🇨🇦
Yessir 🤙🏽
U can hear the cavitation at the nozzle when you switched to gravity fed. The pressure reading wouldnt drop because the pump is primed and will pump air and water after that point
Thank you, this video really helped answer some questions for me
Glad to help
Does the width of the hose affect the gravity feeding from the tank to the pressure washer?
This really helped me, appreciate the video and content! 🔥
Not a problem glad to help
@@StaySlick What brand tips are those and where can I find them?
Cool. Thanks for your effort.
No problem thank you
It depends on the amount of water u have on the tank, if u have 3/4 empty, it will cause to have less pressure.
That is true however it is pretty small at least in my experience but a good point nonetheless
Water pressure in PSI can be calculated. .052 x 8.3 x Height (in feet). So unless your tank is 150’ tall….
@@btosspon3524 Very good info thank you so where are you measuring for the height? From the pressure washer in lid to the top of the water in the tank?
The amount of water is irrelevant. Height is all that matters. As water is used and the height lowers, yes pressure will reduce.
Hi Gary. Thanks so much for this video. I run a petrol washer from garden hose, but want to use a gravity fed tank system. This vid has sold the idea to me. Can I just briefly be a pedantic pain in the ass? I just wanted to point out that the GF system with the yellow nozzle did lose 100psi of pressure. It was touching 1500psi not 1600psi. Not much difference though in the great scheme.
Same setup I have in my blazer but still great video
Love the videos and the grind brother. Im starting to detail on the side and have a question for ya. When washing super nasty trucks with stuck on mud and clay stains on the lower truck, what would the best way to approach it? Pressure and elbow grease simply isnt getting it clean
APC rinsing, agitation, and high pressures water.
Thanks and god bless brother !!
You as well thank you
Great video and very informative 👍.
Nice video ! . Can I just use a bucket of water with this Ryobi ? I mean just put a piece of hose into the bucket. Thanks
Only if the hose is at a downward angle. Meaning you’ll probably have to make. Fitting to go towards the bottom of the bucket
I’m have the same pressure washer but my pressure washer recently turns on and primes itself every 10 seconds I have no idea why , I even bring it down from my van so the water tank is elevated , I don’t know if I need a water pump or what
Sounds like. Leak or a bad pump
Thank you for the ideas,.
No problem
Good video
Thank you glad to help
Thank you for that brother, i am gonna experiment with containers because the more weight of water on a smaller area will increase pressure see if i see a difference.
You know man I haven’t noticed that. I had the 90 gallon tank in the trailer and now I have a 60 gallon low pro tank in my truck with no difference in performance.
Id agree because even if the tank is long (and not high) that is still pressure trying to escape the drain part of the tank.
I've got a question for you brother.
Thinking about starting a trash can (residential ) cleaning business.
Im looking for a gravity fed or siphon system, i have an inverter and a generator as a back up. What pressure washer would you recommend ? I already have a gas 5 gpm but looking for something electric, as batteries just dont last. Would like 100 gallon tank
I have a couple of questions for you if you don’t mind me asking? I’m wolf by the way
Is Green Works an okay pressure washer to do gravity feed?
What would be the cause of my pressure washer is not working. I’m just getting my daughter started for now just hand car washes to help with her motocross. Got everything set up 3500 generator tank pretty much a full set up. I got home from putting water in the first time in the tank. everything worked fine. My daughter washed a few of her dirt bikes and dropped the tank down to roughly 40 gallons from 60 I believe . but when I went to try to wash my truck the following evening it wouldn’t work. I’ve tried shortening the garden hose from the (y valve, I have mine set where I can fill buckets.) I’ve put the pressure washer on the ground out of the trailer. I’ve made sure their was a decent flow. I don’t have a pressure gauge like you but I can’t figure it out. Don’t know if my pvc is to long from the tank. I have a 125 gallon tank. I really don’t want to run a water pump but if that’s what I have to do to get water to the pressure washer for now then it is what it is. But any advice would greatly be appreciated.
Thanks for showing us your gravity fed setup. I was curious what equipment you use in-line to your setup to measure your GPM to such precise GPM numbers. Or are you just spraying into a bucket for 1 minute and weighing the the before and after? Thanks
Yeah, I just have a bucket with marker lines on the side and then I time it
@@StaySlick nice, thanks for the confirmation 🤙🏼
Gary thank you!
Yes sir
Hey Gary one question where do you get your spot free water from?
I rent a tank from a company here in Fresno.
What type of company is it so I can look one up here in Colorado
And how much you pay ?
Also using a snake hose wondering if a normal garden hose will help for more water flow or do I need more water in my tank
Yes those expandable hose by nature restrict flow. For example I can fill up my water tank twice as fast with a tradition hose versus the expandable.
So if you have a pump you don’t need to gravity feed??, I’m still learning about the different methods
Correct
@ESTADO É UMA GANGUE no pump. Gravity feed all day
Can I use hot water?
Hey bud I’ve got a 65 gallon tank I’m trying to gravity fed it into my DeWalt 3300 pressure washer but nothing comes out when I have the hose hooked to the tank. Once it’s hooked to my house garden hose it throws great pressure. Any help? Am I missing anything on gravity fed?
Try this bro.
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Hey boss! Just stumbled across your video. Crazy as I just purchased the same pressure washer yesterday for detailing. Still need to get use to it as its my very first one. I'm really interested in the gravity fed system. Question, will it potentially burn the pressure washer motor of time? My apologies for my ignorance.
No it won’t cause any problems. I’ve been using mine for months with no issues.
Sorry boss I have a dumb question… you said using a garden hose is better then the pressurized hose when gravity fed so it won’t loose much pressure?
Hey brother can you timestamp where I said that I can’t find it
thanks
Hi, quick question, so no water pump installed? just gravity by itself correct?
Yea
Just set up my gravity fed system had about 25-27 gallons in and it works fine with the pressure washer but not to well with the foam cannon
Make sure you have a 1.1mm orifice in the foam cannon. Naturally it will be less flow through the cannon with a ryobi but it’s plenty
Hello slick new detailer here, what is your best way of reaching out to customers to get business? Trying to figure it out
@n54andrew same here
Honestly the the way I get most of not all customers is through word or mouth and by driving around town. I’ve never had good luck with ads
I still don’t undetand how this works for everyone and not me lol ima try it one more time with my new truck and setup but I’ve been using a pump
Haha yea it’s tricky sometimes but the main thing is that you have to get all the air out of the lines or the pressure washer won’t prime.
Hi how are you what kind of hose did you use to connect your sprayer gun to it, thanks
The blue pressure washer hose?
Boss man, will you please provide the link to purchase the water tanks?
Thank-you!
I got my
One from my local detail store.
@@StaySlick
Ah ok. Do you know if active 2.0 pressure washer require a pump to draw water out from the tank?
It does not
Just FYI. The hose outlet has to be lower than the level of the water in the tank for the water to flow. If your water falls below this, pressure equalizes and there is no water flow. This is bad for the pressure washer.
Yes, I’m aware of this that’s pretty basic knowledge. I always have it up higher than the pressure washer. Also, I’ve been doing this for a long time and it still works level with the pressure washer. No issues. Thank you for your concern though.
@@StaySlick Yes, I do the gravity fed thing too. I live in an area with super hard water, so I use RO water in a water tank to my pressure washer.
I have the same pressure washer and my challenge is getting the water from the tank to the unit properly, I use it for washing dirt bikes at the track on race day with the tank in the back of the truck, any advice on hose setup to get the right amount of water the the pressure washer?
Just the same set up I got right here man. Just make sure your tank is slightly above or level with the inlet of the pressure washer and you’re good.
Ok,great, I'm on the right track, thanks bud, I greatly appreciate your help and your videos!
Hey I just bought a water tank and same pressure washer but I can’t get it to gravity feed. Any suggestions
Yes. Keep pulling the trigger on the gun while trying to get it to prime to allow the air to be pushed out of the hose.
I'm having a dilema. I have a 1.2gpm Ryobi electric connected to a 50gal gravity fed. When I connect the foam cannon, I only get soapy water, not foam. I'm assuming that the stock orifice to the cannon is 1.25, I am upgrading to a 1.1 smaller orifice, so you think that will resolve my dilema?
Have you tried using another foam cannon? That’s happened to me when the orifice gets clogged
They are the generic foam cannons, it does perfectly fine with the pressure from the house spigot but with the tank it's poor.
Hey there brother wondering how you power your ryobi pressure washer is it connected directly to your generator?
Yes it’s plugged into a 3 way splitter along with my vacuum and air compressor. That 3 way plugs into my predator 3500.
I have a question so I got a 55 gallon in my truck n today I ran into a trouble my pressure washer didn’t sounds the way it should n that’s because I have my gas powered washer connected to tank but not enough pressure from tank to washer so I think I’m need to add a water pump to help with the pull does that sound right? Because once’s I connected my washer to customer house faucet it was all good but from tank it was like it worked for few sec then again this weird sound
Gas pressure washers usually have a pump attached to them so you shouldn’t need anything.
@@StaySlick I’m using regular pressure washer not industrial one ☝️
Quick question. my pressure washer has a problem drawing water from my tank in my setup i have the water tank lifted about 2 inches above the water hose but it still doesn’t have enough pressure for the pressure washer to run properly. Is the only option to add a water pump to my setup? Or is there another possible solution??
Hey brother, can you send me some pictures of your set up to my Instagram it’s Stay Slick Auto Detail
How does this work because when I connect my hose to the pressure washer am I suppose to turn it off every time I stop using it because then the pressure washer starts turning on by itself cause the water is still running ? Or do you have another hose that lets the water out while your not using the pressure washer ?
So it sounds to me like you’re running a pump set up right? When I used to run a continuous pump I had a hose that ran the water back into the tank. Right now I’m gravity fed
@@StaySlick no I’m not running a pump setup I have it hook up to the house water but when I’m not using it the pressure washer just runs for about like second.
Like it turns on and off every other minute when not in use
@@alejandrodominguez3172 I had this same issue with my pressure washer. The issue was that the hose the ryobi came with was bad and will leak which make the P.W turn on and repeat since it was losing water. Hope this helps!
So yellow tip less water more pressure , green tip less pressure more water ?
It should be the same gpm if the orifice size is the same. The spray pattern doesn’t affect the water flow.
Stay Slick ah okay I took what you said and tried it out myself and found out that with the green tip you rinse off the car faster
Yea just cuz the more direct pattern.
Are you using a 3/8 or 1/4 pressure washer hose?
1/4
3:05 is this a 3/8 hose on the reel, if so what connectors did you use to make it work?(from pressure washer to reel.)
No that’s just the whip that goes to the pressure washer
How long do these lower cost ryobi units usually last when used regularly? I've been thinking of picking one up.
I had one last two years and one last 6 months. It depends. They have a warranty though. Just go to hole depot
What size diameter hose are you connect to the hose? I have a 3/4" with like 10 feet. It doesn't really work. Do I need to make the hose shorter and maybe a thinner hose?
I believe mine is a half inch inner diameter I could be wrong. And I don’t think the length of the hose matters too much as long as the tank is above the pressure washer or at least level. My hoes is probably only about 2 feet long
Thanks. Is there there a special way yo prime the P.W when hooked up to a gravity feeding system? It just hook it up, open the valve from the tank and turn on the washer?
Yep just hook it up open the valve and wash away
Hey Boss just a quick question because I was watching a couple of videos on this and people say that without a water pump, your electric pressure washer's motor will eventually burn out. Does this happen?
All pressure washers will eventually burn out. I haven’t had any issues in a few years so I’m not necessarily a believer.
I am curious of the same thing. I have an electric power washer and wanna do a similar thing with a 15 - 30 gallon water tank. Will gravity fed work? Or do I need a pump? Thanks for the help
Ok I assume the pressure washer is on but I can’t hear it ! :)
Benefits of electric pressure washers 🤙🏽
What do you use to power the ryobi 1600 ? I dont want to be using the customers electricity
Predator 3500
What about the psi with the foam cannon?
No clue. Definitely recommend a 1.1mm orifice
I'm wondering if I can use that pressure washer drill a shallow well in sandy soil 15' down with 1-1/4 PVC and 50 gallon tank? My power source is a 2000 watt inverter.
I've used this sprayer several times now on brick pavers, a wood deck, patio, and a driveway. ua-cam.com/users/postUgkx43QMbQqu67IZadu9ou8Sg1BdrunMRNqX It has performed as expected on all surfaces. For larger areas like the decks and patios, I think I will be looking into a surface cleaner attachment to speed up the job, or at least make it a little easier. Hose and sprayer connections are tool-less, tight, and quick. I used the yellow nozzle on the concrete/brick surfaces, and the pressure was adequate for cleaning those surfaces.I am disappointed that these units are still being shipped with a nozzle storage holder that allows them to vibrate out of the holder way too easily and become lost, but I don't want to knock off a star for that reason. The functional part of the washer works very well, so I would recommend this product.
Scary G
Clever 👏🏽
Have you had any issues using gravity since making this video?
Zero
where do you get spot free water
Culligan Water in Fresno Ca
right now i got the whole set up just struggling on water leaking from tank to pressure washer
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you
the mobile detailing company locally uses the gas hondas with 4k psi pressure to wash cars. lol
Some people do man it’s crazy
1.7 *what* orifice..?!
I think it’s 1.75
@@StaySlick What unit of measurement..?!
Mm
I would never use a PW without a pump. Please stop pushing this technique
Then don’t bud. Lol run along.
So im trying to set this up but my pressure is not there, i got ryobi and water pump... when i turn on pump on returning hose to tank is good pressure but when i turn on pressure w it doesnt come out as it should, now tank and washer are i would say leveled, but in case pw is little bit higher could that couse this problem? Even though i have pump...
Partially close the the valve to the return tube so most of the water goes to the pressure washer.
@@StaySlick i tried that too i still cant get pressure, seems like its pulling air but everything is tight...idk im gonna lift tank up and see what i get
Quick question. my pressure washer has a problem drawing water from my tank in my setup i have the water tank lifted about 2 inches above the water hose but it still doesn’t have enough pressure for the pressure washer to run properly. Is the only option to add a water pump to my setup? Or is there another possible solution??
While the pressure washer is trying to prime, you need to pull the trigger on your pressure washer going to give the air somewhere to go in the line