Jun
9
2012
Low-Flow Pre-Rinse Spray Valves
Author: PaulI’m often making recommendations to restaurant owners that they install high-efficiency (low-flow) pre-rinse spray valves at their dish sink. I’ve seen various types and have had many sites install the units, but with mixed reactions. Some people say they love them, others say they don’t see a difference from their previous unit, and a few other wind up telling that they had to put their old one back in because the low-flow didn’t work. Typically they say it took too long to rinse off dishes, which seems odd to me because the Food Service Technology Center has done extensive research on pre-rinse spray valves that proved otherwise. Not that they operators where wrong, but maybe they just have bad water pressure.
So, with all the back and forth I’ve seen with the sprayers I’m curious what others have experienced. Have you installed a 1.0 gpm or under sprayer? What kind did you buy? How did you like it? Did the dishwashers complain, praise it or not even notice? Did you see a difference on your water or natural gas bill?
Let me know in the comments or via the contact page and I’ll compile the results into a user review post.
August 31st, 2012 at 7:27 pm
We have a .75 gpm unit installed at our restaurant. Everyone has seemed happy with it so far. I haven’t paid attention to the water or natural gas bills, but it’s something I need to go back and look at.
October 2nd, 2012 at 9:02 pm
I bought a .64 gpm unit from Bricor. I thought it was a bit expensive, and we don’t do a lot of dishes because we’re a cafe, but it has done the job. It takes a bit of getting used to because of the different spray, but both our water use and natural gas use seem to be down.