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Old 07-25-2025, 08:53 AM
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Default Back flow preventer

Take Gator Aid size bottle with a wide neck , cut the bottle in half now take the neck and wire tie it over the back flow valve and the spray will be deflected to the ground.


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Originally Posted by azcindy View Post
Another newbie question - I attached a hose to the outdoor hose bib and when I turned off the water, I got soaked with water squirting out of the vacuum breaker. I have never had one of these before. Is it supposed to squirt water like that when turning off the hose? Or is the vacuum breaker bad (i.e. should the excess water drip out instead of squirt out)? The end of my hose has a sprayer attached which I assume caused the pressure.

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Cindy