can I connect this to my electric hot water heater instead of the shop vac? I am trying to flush my hot water tank.
1937628
The inlet to the pump is not "garden hose" size, it is made to fit the vacuum only.
2093430
I assume you mean shop-vac, and yes. But there are different shop-vac wand diameters - this one is 1-1/4. Make sure you have that size, or get an adapter.
2251176
Yes. The connections are standard hose connections (so you need to plumb for a valve box, like you would have for a washer/dryer). The hoses are attached to the panel, so that you have a couple feet of tolerance on where you mount it. Or you could extend the hoses with simple female adapters you could get from home depot, etc. After get the water connected to the hoses, you mount it to a wall, etc. with the brackets provided. I have it mounted in a shower (no bathtub), but I still like to use the bath tub nozzle to rinse off feet, pets, etc. If you never want to use the bath tub nozzle, I assume you could put a plug to screw onto it, or just be careful not to select that section on the manifold. Yes. The connections are standard hose connections (so you need to plumb for a valve box, like you would have for a washer/dryer). The hoses are attached to the panel, so that you have a couple feet of tolerance on where you mount it. Or you could extend the hoses with simple female adapters you could get from home depot, etc. After get the water connected to the hoses, you mount it to a wall, etc. with the brackets provided. I have it mounted in a shower (no bathtub), but I still like to use the bath tub nozzle to rinse off feet, pets, etc. If you never want to use the bath tub nozzle, I... » Read More Yes. The connections are standard hose connections (so you need to plumb for a valve box, like you would have for a washer/dryer). The hoses are attached to the panel, so that you have a couple feet of tolerance on where you mount it. Or you could extend the hoses with simple female adapters you could get from home depot, etc. After get the water connected to the hoses, you mount it to a wall, etc. with the brackets provided. I have it mounted in a shower (no bathtub), but I still like to use the bath tub nozzle to rinse off feet, pets, etc. If you never want to use the bath tub nozzle, I assume you could put a plug to screw onto it, or just be careful not to select that section on the manifold. « Show Less
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Yes. As long as you have a return line running back to your water heater. You do not need a separate return line at every faucet. You need one return line. Follow your hot water pipe to the end (last branch takeoff), cut in a tee and run pex or copper. At the bottom of your tank style water heater there is a small, usually plastic valve. Remove that valve and screw in a 3/4" brass or stainless pipe nipple. Then install a tee inline with side outlet looking up and in the end of the tee put a brass drain valve to replace the crappy plastic one if applicable. The side connection on the tee you installed is where you will connect your return line you just ran. I did not notice if this pump had a built in check valve but if not you may want one to prevent water from flowing through both the hot water main and the hot water return to the faucet nearest the end. Water will follow the path of least resistance so the last branch on the main usually ends up being similar in distance to the water heater from either line. As a result water can back feed up the return line and will bring the cold water entering the tank with it. This is especially true when a second source of hot water is being used at the same time hence the need for a check valve.
2217846
There is a nylon drain plug outside on the panel where you access the gas and the electric connections. Be careful not to strip or break the nylon drain plug. Also, if the water heater was connected the water will be hot.
196450
Kendall is correct; you need a DeWALT "universal connector". This is available on Amazon for $25 last time I checked. I have a small Ridgid shop vac and ended up using a smaller hose from another tool and taping this to the shroud. It works fine and the shroud is very good, however I was still disappointed this wasn't made easier or cheaper to attach to a hose. Blake's suggestion of the rubber pipe adaptor from a plumbing department also works well.
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It works with a central vacuum. I am not sure that it would work with a shop vac. Maybe as an extension hose only, but then I am not sure the shop vac attachments would work. It should work with any central vac. I have a TruTone central vac and it works great with it. Any issues you would have, would be with the wall outlet. If you need to change the wall outlet, it takes about 5 minutes.
2064338
Yes. Connect the fresh water hose at the dump station to the Flush king. Be sure and watch your black water tank gauge so that you don't overfill your tank. It will likely require backfilling your tank 2,3 or more times to completely clean it. My tank was clogged and it worked perfectly for me.
1911640
That might work. Should work electrically. Does it take long to get hot water now? I connected to light switch. Can turn on lights and come back in a few minutes to hot water. Suggest you think about how you would use it.
1521221
No, you will need one that is called a direct connect. It's the same, except that the hose doesn't have that pig tail you see in the picture.
81916
no,keep it simple buy what is designated for your heater read info. on this one,just in case here it is,Don't buy this one unless you buy a new water heater and have someone qualified to run a new line that is 240v(10,000 watts, 40 amps, 250 volts, 60Hz capacity)
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I have this electric pressure washer as well as a gas washer. I just went to my garage to take a look at the connects to answer your question. There are a couple of quick connects on this unit. The water supply hose screws into a plastic, yellow quick disconnect that stays attached to the pressure washer when not in use. The other quick disconnect is on the pressure hose/wands. The hose side is a brass tip that attaches to the front of the unit (a mixed plastic and brass connection). The handle side of the wand uses one of two provided nozzles, both of which are spring loaded to attach to the handle, both plastic. The implication of your question implies a concern for the quality of the unit. I have used this machine as well as a prior, smaller unit with no failure due to the quality of the connections. I hope this answers your factual question as well as your implied concerns. This is a well made, useful product. It does what you want it to. It is not a gas model pressure washer but it is a good electric pressure washer.
1795215
I'm not a highly technical user. But my best answer to your question us to say yes, it would work. The electric to feed the brush comes from an outlet nearby your air inlet. Only the low voltage wire to close the circuit and turn on your central vac is tied to the inlet.
652117
we did not hook it up ourselves but there is a connection to the hot water then one to the tank and the other to the faucet itself.I hope this helps and by the way we love it.... My husband made hot cereal for breakfast today
663096
probably, but not advisable. Better to use a pump or you can use a shop vac with the setting on 'blow'.
1751345
Hey Joe, In short, yes. It depends on the exact size of your shop vac's house, obviously (higher powered shop vacs typically have larger diameter houses), but this does come with at least one adapter. If you have a really large hose, you may have to buy a cheap adapter, but this should fit into most hoses no problem. Hope this helps.
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I don't know what you mean but mine is connected to the dishwashing machine. It however came without a plug and luckily my old one was a ge too so the plumber cut the plug from the old one and attached it to the new one. Hope this helped you.