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How short can a nozzle be made?
2021-01-06
By Nick
For best performance, the minimum nozzle lengths for various nozzle designs are listed below:
![nozzletypes](https://unist.com/images/kb/nozTypes2.jpg)
Custom stainless and semi-rigid copper nozzles can physically be made down to 2" long. However, going shorter than a 4" nozzle will result in choppy/pulsed fluid output and it will be very difficult to get steady fluid output from the nozzle especially at slower pump cycle rates.