One water spicket?

[Tim Smith]

Got a bid on a log home: Only one outside spicket & I want to run two units.

Has anyone ever put a splitter on the spicket and had two machines hook up to on spicket?

What would be the difference in that and having two different spickets on a home hooked up to two machines?

Any other ideas besides having my own water tank?

Thanks!!

 

[Roger]

Tim, have you tested the flow rate of the spigot? That would give you a better idea if it is possible to run two machines off of it. With the splitter installed, open the spigot and both sides of the splitter all the way and then time how long it takes to fill a 5 gal bucket. Then divide 5 by the number of seconds it took to fill the bucket. This will give the flow rate per second(gal/sec), then multiply that number by 60, this will give the flow rate of the spigot(and splitter) in GPM. Add the flow rates of your 2 machines and see how they compare to the spigots flow rate.

Good luck,

 

[Tim Smith]

I have two units 4GPM & 2GPM.

I would need to get at least 6GPM out of the spicket?

Is this the right way of thinking?
I wonder what the average home puts out of one spicket?
Would as much come out of one spicket as two spickets?


Thanks

 

[ron]

ron p

this is a easy one
how meny GPM are the wash units?
Put a 5 gal bucket under the spiget. Time how long it takes to fill.
add 20 seconds for friction loss [2 50 ft garden hoses]
most house spigots can only get 6 gpm at most
so im going to say NO you cant run 2 units off of one spigot
even 2 spigots from the same house because of the incomeing pipe size to the house.
house supply to tank, to washers or
can you run a hose from another house and pay them for the water?
Ask the water co. for a meter and run off a fire plug.

 

[Stateline P/W]

Does the house have city water or well water? The city water will more than likely have more flow than a well. But will also have a regulator on it to restrict the amount of water flow.