Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Dave Willis on November 12, 2010, 05:46:08 pm
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Can someone tell me why vacs are sold with this large sized hose and sections when the nozzle is only 35mm diameter?
If it fits through the nozzle then surely the crud will go down 38mm of tubing as well as 50mm? Or am I not thinking straight?
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just to let you know £90 plus £10 postage for 38mm m8!
just emailed the ones on ebay that someone has put on here!
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can you put a link up
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Gutter-Vac-Suction-Poles-/220695859432?
can you put a link up
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thanks
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iv got a vac and im going to sort my own poles i recon u could do it for about £60 tops
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iv got a vac and im going to sort my own poles i recon u could do it for about £60 tops
where are you going to get your poles from Wezzy,i am looking to do the same?.
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the link for those poles are 51mm not 38mm
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there is a thread on here somewhere i think from yesterday a lad used his vac for the firs time and it was still a issue trying to suck some of the poope down the 50mm tube sections pine needles etc
i reckon 38mm dia will be grief
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there is a thread on here somewhere i think from yesterday a lad used his vac for the firs time and it was still a issue trying to suck some of the poope down the 50mm tube sections pine needles etc
i reckon 38mm dia will be grief
that was me and yes the pine needles were a no go , had to do it by hand in the end
the needles were 3 inches long and just blocked the end up
(http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj186/zwizard1/utf-8BSU1HMDAxNjktMjAxMDExMTItMTU0Ni5qcGc.jpg)
all the kit amd still had to work off a ladder lol
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there is a thread on here somewhere i think from yesterday a lad used his vac for the firs time and it was still a issue trying to suck some of the poope down the 50mm tube sections pine needles etc
i reckon 38mm dia will be grief
that was me and yes the pine needles were a no go , had to do it by hand in the end
the needles were 3 inches long and just blocked the end up
(http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj186/zwizard1/utf-8BSU1HMDAxNjktMjAxMDExMTItMTU0Ni5qcGc.jpg)
all the kit amd still had to work off a ladder lol
not very encouraging! I would have thought such a powerful triple motor vac would have broken up the needles and forced them through the tubing?
So whats all the stories about gutter vacs being able to lift roof tiles and house bricks up? :)
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i have a eastern trading vac and for the standard crap in the gutters it was more than enough yesterday
the only way to discribe not being able to suck them up is when you try they form like a mat over the opening some do go down but i think because of their length and the sheer volume of them it was just to much
As regards a brick i think if it has direct suction with no loss then it would lift a brick
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OK Andy.
So I guess you've got the 240v version and use your custies electric, weren't you tempted to go for a 110v so you can work the job's that you can't get a power supple from? apart from the machine itself how do you find the suction poles that Eastern supply and their attachments?
I am now thinking of getting the Tech Clean machine because I want need a 110v machine and Eastern wont have any until mid December. Do you think the suction tubing from Eastern would be compatible with the Tech Clean machine? or the tubing that is being sold on ebay for 160 squid?
Simon
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mate give me a email or on msn i will give you a supplier poles.
jsmca74@googlemail.com
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hi simon have alook at the pic (http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj186/zwizard1/utf-8BSU1HMDAxNTgtMjAxMDExMDQtMTUzNy5qcGc.jpg)
got my own power supply
And yes i have the 240 eastern vac with regard to the poles i have made a few ajustments see pic (http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj186/zwizard1/utf-8BSU1HMDAxNjYtMjAxMDExMDctMTM1My5qcGc.jpg)
the poles come with an inner sleave , and the main lengths fit onto them with no fixings so i have drilled and taped them with an 8mm bolt am now going to fit an eye bolt so as i can do them up with out a spanner
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you make yer own poles andy ?
what size are they ?
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no they are the eastern ones
but i just thought that if they came loose above someones conservatory roof the pole might go through the roof ???
And that would be the last thing i would need lol
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hi simon have alook at the pic (http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj186/zwizard1/utf-8BSU1HMDAxNTgtMjAxMDExMDQtMTUzNy5qcGc.jpg)
got my own power supply
And yes i have the 240 eastern vac with regard to the poles i have made a few ajustments see pic (http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj186/zwizard1/utf-8BSU1HMDAxNjYtMjAxMDExMDctMTM1My5qcGc.jpg)
the poles come with an inner sleave , and the main lengths fit onto them with no fixings so i have drilled and taped them with an 8mm bolt am now going to fit an eye bolt sso as i can do them up with out a spanner
Dont understand" I thought you could only use a 110v with a generator? or plug the 110v into a transformer to use with a 240 mains power socket? so you've got the 240v Eastern Trading machine and your still able to use a generator to power a 240v machine when you haven't got an electrical supply?
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simon i the pic of the genny it has tree plugs two yellow ones 110v and one blue one240v it has a switch so you can either have one or the other
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i want a 110v machine if possible. easier to ge tonto sites and stuff and a lot safer to use.
how much yer genny cost ye
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£ 470 inc delivery and vat http://www.thegreenreaper.co.uk/asps/uploads/super/1748-1.jpg
great bit of kit
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simon i the pic of the genny it has tree plugs two yellow ones 110v and one blue one240v it has a switch so you can either have one or the other
Hi Andy.
Thanks for this info. from looking at the photo of the blue socket it doesn't look like the regular kind of 240v socket you would plug into, does the vac have a regular 240v three pin plug if so does this just plug directly into the blue socket on your generator?
Simon
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you lift the flap up and it has plug socket under it :)
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here is a pic of the 32 amp plug that would go into the genny 110v the other blue one is on my extention lead (http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj186/zwizard1/utf-8BSU1HMDAxNzItMjAxMDExMTMtMTgxOC5qcGc.jpg)
hope this helps simon
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here is a pic of the 32 amp plug that would go into the genny 110v the other blue one is on my extention lead (http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj186/zwizard1/utf-8BSU1HMDAxNzItMjAxMDExMTMtMTgxOC5qcGc.jpg)
hope this helps simon
OK Andy" thanks for explaining, I imagined that the plug on the vac was your typical 240v type that you'd find on standard 240v electrical appliance.
Anyway I think I've made a decision on which set up to go for but will have to speak with the suppliers this week to make sure it's all compatible. I think I'll have a 110v Tech Clean Vac, with a single plug transformer, then go for the Eastern Trading aluminium suction poles and accessories providing they can be used togeather? I will then get a suitable generator later on when needed.
I know Eastern Trading are doing a 110v machine mid December but really I need to start using a vac asap.
Simon
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simon drop me an email and i will show you all the places to get your poles and nozzles from cheaper than eastern or just search out my posts on here .
jsmca74@googlemail.com
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simon drop me an email and i will show you all the places to get your poles and nozzles from cheaper than eastern or just search out my posts on here .
jsmca74@googlemail.com
OK will do thanks very much .
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simon drop me an email and i will show you all the places to get your poles and nozzles from cheaper than eastern or just search out my posts on here .
jsmca74@googlemail.com
Just mailed you on MSN