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Thu Feb 08, 2007 7:47 pm

i still need to figure which side the inlet is. im guessing its the side with the red plug... any idea, anyone?
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Thu Feb 08, 2007 7:53 pm

Yea, that would be my educated guess. Where did you get this valve?
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Thu Feb 08, 2007 8:04 pm

yeah the end with the red plug is the inlet. Do you know the dimensions of it?
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Thu Feb 08, 2007 8:15 pm

Yeah I think it's the red part too, but what kind of valve exactly is it?
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Thu Feb 08, 2007 8:23 pm

its a goyen high flow, off of ebay. 1" inlet and outlet, and the actuator port is 1/4"
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Thu Feb 08, 2007 8:23 pm

Inlet is the hose barb.
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Thu Feb 08, 2007 8:24 pm

SpudStuff wrote:Inlet is the hose barb.
well, its you vs. 3
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Thu Feb 08, 2007 8:25 pm

3 who have never used a QEV...
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Thu Feb 08, 2007 8:31 pm

uh yeah i think spudstuff is right that the outlet is a hose barb.
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Thu Feb 08, 2007 8:35 pm

The inlet (chamber) is the red thing, the outlet (barrel) is the hose barb. I've worked with QEVs quite a few times adn just about anyone can see that by the configuration of the valve.
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Thu Feb 08, 2007 8:37 pm

Killjoy wrote:uh yeah i think spudstuff right that the outlet is a hose barb.
he was saying that the inlet was the hose barb, and now its 5 vs. him and thats what i thought in the first place.
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Thu Feb 08, 2007 8:42 pm

yep, the inlet is definety the hose barb
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Thu Feb 08, 2007 9:05 pm

while i was researching i rmembeed the gun on advanced spuds that uses a goeyn, and the inlet is infact the part w/ the hose barbs.
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Thu Feb 08, 2007 9:10 pm

my bad i miss read what stuff wrote...that seems kinda weird that the part with the hose barb is the inlet.
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Thu Feb 08, 2007 9:16 pm

shouldn't it have a arrow somewhere?
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