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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Dan The Lad on January 25, 2015, 11:13:21 am
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Hi,
Got a pure freedom system in back 350L. Connected my garden hose to ports to fill up, this is my first time filling my new rig up. Issue i have is the pressure from my outside tap is crappy, so im only getting a trickle into my tank. Is there anyway i can boost the pressure of my outside tap without spending loads of money?
(http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1422184369_$_39.JPG) - cant re-scale this lol, sorry.
Thats my rig above.
Thanks in advance
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Not legally ;)
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Not legally ;)
Oh, this is a good start, im calling bout 12 hour to fill my 350L ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Buy an IBC as a holding and pump from there into the van. That way you can get all the pressure you want and keep illegal.
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Check the stop valve is fully open (under the sink normally) and the valve outside in the road/pavement.
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If your tap pressure is bad, get water board to check mains pressure. They have to supply a certain pressure to road main
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Buy an IBC as a holding and pump from there into the van. That way you can get all the pressure you want and keep illegal.
;D
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Buy an IBC as a holding and pump from there into the van. That way you can get all the pressure you want and keep illegal.
100% correct
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If your tap pressure is bad, get water board to check mains pressure. They have to supply a certain pressure to road main
unfortunately they only have to supply 20psi
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It takes me about the same. I thought this was normal. How long does it take everybody else to fill 350 litres?
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It takes me about the same. I thought this was normal. How long does it take everybody else to fill 350 litres?
About 45 minutes, but I'm DI only.
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If your tap pressure is bad, get water board to check mains pressure. They have to supply a certain pressure to road main
unfortunately they only have to supply 20psi
Its flow they check not pressure
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Why do so many use booster pumps if it's illegal?
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Booster pumps are not illegal. Pretty sure I didn't buy mine from silk road!
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Why do so many use booster pumps if it's illegal?
Water companies have to provide a minimum of 1bar pressure. A booster pump won't increase the mains pressure. But if you buy one with a small holding tank it will take the water from there and push it through your RO at a greater pressure, whilst the flow from your mains remains the same. In simple terms...
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its abit better than I thought, callin it an over night jobby if anything. Thanks for the info though
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Why do so many use booster pumps if it's illegal?
Water companies have to provide a minimum of 1bar pressure. A booster pump won't increase the mains pressure. But if you buy one with a small holding tank it will take the water from there and push it through your RO at a greater pressure, whilst the flow from your mains remains the same. In simple terms...
This is not true , if you have enough flow then a pump will boost the pressure , as mine does .
Tecnically you are not supposed to increase the flow directly from the mains by more than 12 litres per min .
There is a minimum standard for flow and pressure from the mains but the standards are low .
I had southern water round to check mine and the pressure was just above minimum and flow was slightly below , they have increased the flow since and as a result my pump boosts about 10psi more than it did as it is no longer over running the supply and cavitating.
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The reason you should not attach any pump directly to your mains supply is incase you contaminate it. Thats why its illegal. Use a simple one way valve...........
http://r.ebay.com/uPGjmr
Then run off your tap, no holding tank neccesary.
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even with the valve you are not allowed to increase the flow rate by more than 12 litres per minute .
don't think your likely to get caught though .