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...If am not mistaken you can correct me if I am wrong but the highest jet that Coleman uses has a flow of 16gpm. As are many jets in the industry the Hk40 from Marquis is a patented jet...
I am betting that Reese is right on this...I also bet that you won't find a single hot tub customer who can honestly relate to the technical aspects any of this GPM stuff, they just want something that makes them feel good...who cares how the manufacturer accomplishes it!
That's OK, Drew..I'll show you my Velcro...and it's in my Marquis tub.What is so bad about ties and Velcro? IF they work in the application that they are being used for?
I don't know if this applies in this situation, but most liquid handling equipment that I work with delivers "X gpm at Y pressure." In essence it is a function of the narrowest point in the system, which in this case, I would guess is the jet orifice. Think of a garden hose running free vs one with a jet nozzle. They may both deliver the same gpm, but one has a much higher pressure. I've never looked at the jets in question, but I would expect the HK40 jet to have a larger opening, allowing it deliver 40 gpm at a low pressure. I would suspect that the Coleman 16gpm jet would be capable of delivering 40 gpm, but at 2.5Y pressure. Is it possible that you both are correct about being able to deliver 160 gpm through 4 jets, but that the question is which one is useful, due to comfort issues associated with high pressure concentrated on a small area?
I don't know. That's why I asked!!I don't know who's using them or for what. I have no idea if it's a good idea, a bad idea or just different. I was hopping to find out, but I guess we can't as it's too dangerous to speak about here. Dealers would loose thier crediablilty, customer would start bashing, and the whole danm thing would all come undone. Mass chaos would ensure. It's better we forget and just sit here and hope that none of our spas have these, unless it's a good thing, then I hope that we indeed do have them. I just wanted to say though that I am not bashing and that this forum is great! The bestest! Very crediable.
...any of you questioning the motives of Mendo, spend a day or two looking back at his almost 2000 posts and see if you can find anything derogatory or questionable. The man is as neutral as they come and not once have I seen him bash any one product or speak poorly about anyone.
LOL! I wasn't trying to hijack this thread and make it a dissection of your previous posts! I appreciate that Steve is a personal friend, I just thought his defense of you was a little over the top, and indicated that he hadn't read/remembered some of your less graceful posts. We all have them.