Kunkle valve
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Topic: Kunkle valve
Posted By: bryan
Subject: Kunkle valve
Date Posted: 17/March/2008 at 10:25pm
| Was looking at adding a Kunkle valve. Has any one used one, and what do you think of it. |
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Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 17/March/2008 at 11:31pm
Yup. Works great. Call Greenie.
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Posted By: bryan
Date Posted: 17/March/2008 at 11:45pm
| You notice more vacuum? Do you see the machine bog down when you close off vacuum port? cmaster can you adjust them to different lift. |
Posted By: Superglide Ken
Date Posted: 18/March/2008 at 12:52am
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They are not adjustable. We use them as well. You buy the one that has the set point you want. Do not order above 15"HG however, unless you are using water injection on your blower. You dont want seal problems down the road. ------------- Inventor of the Teflon Wand Glide and the Turboteck Rotary Air Duct Cleaners for TMs. |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 18/March/2008 at 1:04am
If you call Greenie, he will tell you what valve will work best with your unit. It will cost you between $250-$350 for the valve. -------------
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bryan wrote:Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 19/March/2008 at 11:21am
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Why not just tighten up your vac relief valve..? Run 2.5 hose or the Wye deal.. What are you running bryan..?
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Posted By: Superglide Ken
Date Posted: 19/March/2008 at 11:27am
That does not work john. A non Kunkle valve starts leaking air as low as 7"HG. Those other devices are not effective if you are losing up to 40% of your vacuum potential. Put the Kunkle in place FIRST, then you will have real power potential. Just don't let a window washer tell you how to do it. I guarantee he will not pay you to replace your engine goes goes down from following his "recommondation" of how you should do it.  ------------- Inventor of the Teflon Wand Glide and the Turboteck Rotary Air Duct Cleaners for TMs. |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 19/March/2008 at 12:51pm
Yeah. Take Ken's advice. His reputation is impeccable -------------
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Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 19/March/2008 at 2:19pm
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Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 19/March/2008 at 2:29pm
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OK Ken.. If you did tighten the relief valve you wouldn't know when it would open vs the kunkle being more accurate at 14 or 15 HGs.. And probably faster wear and tear on the belts.. |
Posted By: Superglide Ken
Date Posted: 19/March/2008 at 4:35pm
Nope. I have been running them over 5 years now without problems.  ------------- Inventor of the Teflon Wand Glide and the Turboteck Rotary Air Duct Cleaners for TMs. |
Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 19/March/2008 at 7:33pm
| Faster wear and tear on the belts if you were to tighten the vac relief valve is what i meant.. Your right about the Kunkle.. |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 19/March/2008 at 8:03pm
On what?????? Your Rug Doctor  -------------
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Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 19/March/2008 at 8:06pm
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Maybe on his Titans..
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Posted By: Superglide Ken
Date Posted: 19/March/2008 at 8:13pm
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the Raptors ------------- Inventor of the Teflon Wand Glide and the Turboteck Rotary Air Duct Cleaners for TMs. |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 19/March/2008 at 8:15pm
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Pictures???????? Or are they top secret too? -------------
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Posted By: bryan
Date Posted: 19/March/2008 at 8:44pm
| Tried the Y it is a little more CFM, the biggest improvement was going to 2.5. A friend of mine put one on his Hydramaster 450(4.5 blower) and was told by the guy that sold him the valve that he was now closer to a 5.3 blower. So I was seeing if there was any truth in this. |
Posted By: Superglide Ken
Date Posted: 19/March/2008 at 10:34pm
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No. Increased volumetric efficiency leads to increased lift numbers. It is the increased lift the Kunkle provides to increase cfm under LOAD> It is the point of greatest air resistance(wand on the carpet)that the increased lift from the KUNKLE allows more cfm to happen by increasing the pressure differential between the air outside the wand and the dynamic pressure inside the wandhead. ------------- Inventor of the Teflon Wand Glide and the Turboteck Rotary Air Duct Cleaners for TMs. |
Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 19/March/2008 at 11:04pm
WOW.. Thats too much to comprehend.. Time to go back in the basement and see if this disk shape metal object will move around on resident frequencies sound waves..
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