CPS1-3-5 Internals - Pics from Newb

[isoaker]

I've been sitting on these images for awhile. Was about time I posted them properly on the site.

See CPS 1-3-5 Internals

Special thanks to Newb for the images!

[Soaker Master]

Wow, that looks cool. But, I still don't see how the trigger affects how many beams there are. I might open up my CPS 1-3-5 and take a better look at it. The tubing that leads to the five nozzles looks weird the way it's shaped.

[Crashdummy]

It has two valves, Like one little one inside of a big one. I know, because I took mine apart.

1 nozzle - If you pull the trigger a little, you will open the first little valve in the center. That shoots water through the middle nozzle.

3 nozzles - Pull more, and tre o-rings move back, allowing water to flow from the side holes to the nozzles.

5 nozzles - Pull all of the way, and the big valve opens up. this one sends water to the outer nozzles only, as the o-ring keeps it from going to the inner nozzles.

Basically, the little valve in the middle powers the middle nozzles, and the big valve powers the outer ones. The reason the bigger valve opens after the little one is because it has a stronger spring in it, therefore you have to pull harder to get it to open.

Yet another 1337 paint diagram to show how water gets to different nozzles - http://i67.photobucket.com/albums....ves.jpg

In my diagram:

Blue is water
Yellow is the two O-rings
Red is the little check valve
Lime Green is the big check valve
Purple is an opening in the pipe
Orange is where the nozzle would be (On nozzles other than the main one, I got lazy and didn't make them full bend straight, but you get the picture).

The entire piece of pipe including the o-rings moves when you pull the trigger, in case you havn't already figured that out. I hope this helped any of you who didn't know how this gun's trigger valve and nozzle assembly worked.

[isoaker]

Great explanation, plus a simple, but clear diagram to boot! Good stuff!

[Soaker Master]

I see it now. I'm still might open up my CPS 1-3-5 before I do my repair because the pump cap is already broken off.

[Crashdummy]

Just pop off the nozzle caps, and slide the upper part of the nozzle holder thing up. It should come off easy, but it took me a little bit of thinking to get it off the 1st time. If you break any of the nozzle pieces (caps, or nozzle holder parts), I might be able to send to them in the mail.