Pressure washer ball valve

[Tinkerer2]

Regarding rinsing with the newly purchased valve, instead of switching all of the connectors around to have the male quick connect at the end, just get a male quick connect to plug into the valve. Then you won't lose the o-ring. I actually have a male QD screwed into a female fitting to make a little longer new tip. Less likely to lose.

 

[mike93lx]

Regarding rinsing with the newly purchased valve, instead of switching all of the connectors around to have the male quick connect at the end, just get a male quick connect to plug into the valve. Then you won't lose the o-ring. I actually have a male QD screwed into a female fitting to make a little longer new tip. Less likely to lose.

I was kind of hoping to find a large orifice fan nozzle that I could plug into it, but haven't yet come across nozzles made for 3/8 QD.

 

[Tinkerer2]

I was kind of hoping to find a large orifice fan nozzle that I could plug into it, but haven't yet come across nozzles made for 3/8 QD.

Yep. I've never seen any either. This will still fan out a little. And you don't want a lot of "fan" or you'll lose the effectiveness. Just try a spare male QD. I wanted the threads on the outside so as not to change water flow and should I need it for something else, the threads would not be damaged. Or get a female QD and screw it on the male.

When you use it, just crack the valve open a little so you'll have great flow and some pressure behind it. Don't open it all the way or you'll have the equivalent of a garden hose.

 

[mike93lx]

Yep. I've never seen any either. This will still fan out a little. And you don't want a lot of "fan" or you'll lose the effectiveness. Just try a spare male QD. I wanted the threads on the outside so as not to change water flow and should I need it for something else, the threads would not be damaged. Or get a female QD and screw it on the male.

When you use it, just crack the valve open a little so you'll have great flow and some pressure behind it. Don't open it all the way or you'll have the equivalent of a garden hose.

Found this... Might be a little hard to remove without much to grab, but it would be small enough to keep in my pocket

Outdoor Guy PCP Stainless Steel Both End Male Quick Disconnect Adaptor Double Male Fill ****** (1 PCS) https://a.co/d/bKccguF

The chemical tip worked great on my wand to "sweep" the surface. I'd really like to not need to have the wand at the ready

 

[yatg]

I was kind of hoping to find a large orifice fan nozzle that I could plug into it, but haven't yet come across nozzles made for 3/8 QD.

3/8male qd to 3/8 fpt, 3/8 fpt to 3/4 male hose, your hose nozzle of choice

 

[Tinkerer2]

Found this... Might be a little hard to remove without much to grab, but it would be small enough to keep in my pocket

Outdoor Guy PCP Stainless Steel Both End Male Quick Disconnect Adaptor Double Male Fill ****** (1 PCS) https://a.co/d/bKccguF

The chemical tip worked great on my wand to "sweep" the surface. I'd really like to not need to have the wand at the ready

That is an adapter for HPA (high pressure air) and not 3/8". The "connections" for HPA are different from pressure washer connectors. I have something similar for my PCP air rifle.

 

[mike93lx]

That is an adapter for HPA (high pressure air) and not 3/8". The "connections" for HPA are different from pressure washer connectors. I have something similar for my PCP air rifle.

Ah, ****, you're right. I even own a pcp and it didn't click

 

[mike93lx]

3/8male qd to 3/8 fpt, 3/8 fpt to 3/4 male hose, your hose nozzle of choice

My feeling is that if it isn't small enough to fit in my pocket, I'll just flip the QD direction.

I only have one hose, one wand and one surface cleaner for this pressure washer, so it really wouldn't be a big deal.

 

[Tinkerer2]

My feeling is that if it isn't small enough to fit in my pocket, I'll just flip the QD direction.

I only have one hose, one wand and one surface cleaner for this pressure washer, so it really wouldn't be a big deal.

Take male QD off the wand and put it on your pressure washer, swap your hose around to have male on the other end. Then female connector from PW to the wand. Then you'll need a new female connector for the SC. More parts needed so IMO might as well just get new male QD's and be done.

Here is my QD with a male to female threaded adapter. I didn't have a female QD. Small enough for a pocket and large enough to hopefully not lose.

And while you only have the SC and wand now, you might want to add another gun with shorter wand later along with a foam gun for car cleaning. Those will have QD's and not connectors. Meaning extra expense for connectors. I have the extra gun so that I can use a shorter wand with a QD or just the PW tips for close work washing the car.

 

[mike93lx]

And while you only have the SC and wand now, you might want to add another gun with shorter wand later along with a foam gun for car cleaning. Those will have QD's and not connectors. Meaning extra expense for connectors. I have the extra gun so that I can use a shorter wand with a QD or just the PW tips for close work washing the car.

Ha! That would require washing my cars. Something I rarely do, but am fine with a mit and bucket.

I used to kind of like detailing, now have less than no interest

 

[mike93lx]

I did a bunch of pressure washing this weekend and mostly used the quick connect fitting with a male threaded end. Worked OK, not great. To get it to build any pressure, I had to mostly close the valve, which created a spray pattern that wasn't super useful

I'm thinking I am going to grab this pair of fittings which should allow me to run normal 1/4 spray tips

 

[mike93lx]

I did a bunch of pressure washing this weekend and mostly used the quick connect fitting with a male threaded end. Worked OK, not great. To get it to build any pressure, I had to mostly close the valve, which created a spray pattern that wasn't super useful

I'm thinking I am going to grab this pair of fittings which should allow me to run normal 1/4 spray tips

Here is the new setup with the fittings above. I think it'll work well with something like a soap nozzle.