"AAALarry" wrote in message
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will putting a hose on the intake of my pump decrease the flow rate?



Depends. The reason it depends is, it depends on what is the diameter of the
hose, are there any kinks in the hose? The length of the hose, etc. These
all affect the ability of the pump to draw in water.

In general, yes it probably will restrict the flow rate of the pump.
Question is by how much, and is it acceptable. That is not answerable with
the information you've provided, so the best answer is something one of my
professors used to say. "Try and find out, then report the results back to
us"

Snooze