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I dont need the thumper when running a stripping run or the forshots of the spirit run, right? What if I put a ball valve between the in and out of the thumper to bypass it. then after my forshots I can turn it on and not waist what in inside on the forshot? Just a thought! The picture is hard to see but I drew in a ball valve that would bypass the thumper.

Thanks for all the help!