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Just talked to an old timer in Houma about pump cavitation
He told me I was running my cutterhead too fast and my suction too tight, said I was boiling the water before it even hit the pump. I dropped the RPM by about 40 and cleared the line in under an hour. Has anyone else had better luck slowing down the cutter instead of speeding it up?
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taylorc401mo ago
Old timers know you can't force the water, gotta let it come to you.
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julia5491mo ago
Yeah, really. Fast just makes a mess and wastes material. Had to learn that the hard way.
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the_faith1mo ago
That's exactly what I've seen too. Back when I was first learning, I thought faster meant more production but that just made things worse. I mean @taylorc40 is right, you can't force it. Slowing the cutter down by about 30 rpm made a huge difference on my 8-inch setup. The old timers have been through it all and they know what works.
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