Question about nozzle ratings

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Question about nozzle ratings

Post by JuchTurtles » Sun Nov 08, 2009 1:18 am

What do the nozzle ratings (as in 3x, 5x, 10x, etc.) mean in size? Do they have a scale? I'm just wondering so I can figure out the size of nozzles I plan to drill.

EXAMPLE:

The size of a 10x blast = ( ) inches or ( ) milimeters
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Re: Question about nozzle ratings

Post by cantab » Sun Nov 08, 2009 11:07 pm

1X is approximately 1 fluid ounce per second water output. (The output of the XP 70 I think.) However X ratings on some guns are somewhat off reality.

The relationship between output and nozzle diameter will be somewhat affected by stream speed on different guns, but should be a fairly good correlation. I can give you one data point - the nozzle diameter on both the CPS 1200 and 2100, both rated 5X, is 3/16 inch.
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Re: Question about nozzle ratings

Post by JuchTurtles » Mon Nov 09, 2009 12:29 am

Thanks for the info. I guess I should just try different sizes and try to figure out what works best.
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