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Addressing Prime Tube Design Flaw

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AMAZING Paint Sprayers. Titan 1140 Review

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What happens here

The speaker identifies a minor design flaw in the prime tube: when the sprayer is placed in a 5-gallon bucket, the tube kinks at a 90-degree angle, causing wear and eventually cracking the hose, leading to leaks. He suggests that a metal fitting to turn the hose at a 90-degree angle would be a better solution. Despite the crack shown in the video, he mentions this is a small and inexpensive part, costing about $20 to replace, classifying it as a minor issue compared to the overall reliability of the unit.

Goal: Identify a minor design flaw in the prime tube and its inexpensive solution.

Tools and materials

  • Titan 1140 Airless Sprayer Titan — Showing the prime tube and its flaw

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know to refill it back up the feature on the back side right here the one thing that here's we got our Prime tube right here the prime tube you know after 5 years because the way when that thing sets in a 5 gon bucket it sets down in there it Kinks at a 90° angle and um it should have you know probably a metal fitting right there that turns it a 90 degrees so it can go on the bucket that thing is worn out and it's cracked down here and it's exposed the um Braiding on the hose and it is leaking now small item about probably about $20 to replace that so replacing that the transducer was a warranty issue they already replaced the transducer at no cost great customer service it does have the option

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