switched to vinyl tubing for fx5, lesser flow?

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i just switched the pipes from stock to 1" ID braided vinyl tubing... it seems like the water is coming out of the spraybar with significantly less force than before.

this actually seems like a good thing because it was too strong before (even with my 12" spraybar)... but i just want to make sure it's not flowing less water through the filter.

any thoughts?

if it matters, spraybar is approximtely 12" x 1" diameter, with 9 3/8" holes spaced about an inch apart.
 
If the Fx5 came with smaller ID hose then what you did was lower your water pressure with the larger ID hose.
 
I just plumbed my FX5 with spray bars but I used 3/4" PVC. My bars are 24" drilled every inch at 1/4". This works well for me, just the right amount.
 
If the braiding is in the tubbing and the internal walls are smooth the flow should have increased. If it did decrease don't worry about it, flow rate is extremely over rated. The time that your water in in contact with the filter media is every bit as important if not more important than flow rate.
 
the original piping is 1" ID, and like bbortko said, the walls are now smooth (the stock wasn't)... so i would have expected an increase, not a decrease....
 
can pvc pipe be used to make your plumbing: cause im running into the same issue i was thinking solid pvc pipin would do the trick
 
i think i found the issue... the intake and spraybar were just pvc fitted together, i think it wasn't air-tight even though it was water-tight... so the filter wasn't "pulling" as much.

i just pvc cemented all of it, so i'll know if that was the case in a few hours.
 
vinyl seems to be able to kink and suck shut more to me then normal tubing for filters. maybe the fx5 is sucvking so much its colapseing the intake tube near the filter worth a check
 
WckedMidas said:
vinyl seems to be able to kink and suck shut more to me then normal tubing for filters. maybe the fx5 is sucvking so much its colapseing the intake tube near the filter worth a check
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doesn't seem to be the case, but good thought.

it doesn't look like it's the pvc fittings.

i've been working on this ALL day and i'm stumped...

the next thing i'm thining is to drain the whole damn thing and open it up, but i'm REALLY trying to avoid that if i can.
 
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