Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Ben Walker on December 01, 2005, 09:28:12 pm
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... just needing to know what to order and how to go about it.
so this is the set-up right?
pipe goes from backpack
join onto hosepipe
removerable join (hozelock?) which...
join onto trigger that came with backpack
join onto pipe that goes up to brush
i'm wondering what joiners i need to get and from where?
seems like a lot of joins of different size hoses.
go on whats your water-tight tip?
help much appreciated.
ben
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one mail to screw on the trigger and a piece of hose with 2 femail ends and that is it .do not cut the hose as some people reccommend on here.
Dave
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but if you want the trigger to be at the bottom of your pole (attached) and a length of hose between you and the trolley... the trigger needs to be detached and rejoined no?
i haven't got delivery yet so i don't have it infront of me. ???
ben
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Good move, if you've got the right connectors. Get the trigger near you.
Mine is a pain.... in the backpack!
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soooo... right connectors anyone ;)
i'm looking at this page:
http://www.cleantech.co.uk/index.php?cPath=25_48_91
but bit baffled really. is the shurflo pipe small in diameter, therefore needs adapter. do adapters come in different sizes...
???
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...do not cut the hose as some people reccommend on here.
Dave
That's me! But I'm not very technically minded.
I cut the hose just beneath the spray and attached a female hoselock attachment and my pole fits straight onto it.
It seems to work fine for me mind. I have an 18 foot Ionic pole and to stop the pump I just have to 'nip' the thin hose (by putting a 180 degree bend in the hose).
Dave, I'll stop advising people to 'cut the hose' and refer them to you.
Honest!
Regards,
Tosh
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If you add your email to your profile I'll try and find some pictures and send them to you
Craig 8)
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I found that with the shurflo, i connected one of those outside garden tap, threaded thingys that screws onto the male hozelock er thingy,just above the trigger worked a treat. Then female-short piece of hose-another female done the job. I took that naff jubilee clip off and replaced with a british one. Just seems to be more practical, should i need to disconnect at any time. Hope this makes sense. ;D
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added email to profile Craig, thanks alot for any pics. would help alot.
cheers
ben
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Hi Ben,
Pictures sent
Craig 8)
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Do these pics help ;)
Mines a Shurflo and was supplied with the lance modified by Williamson Pumps. I have shortened the flexi hose to the trigger so that its 'to hand' and added the green connectors at the end so my pole hoses plug straight in.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v112/mickmaxtaz/DSCF0012.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v112/mickmaxtaz/DSCF0015.jpg)
I reckon you just need 2 of these, a short piece of hose and 'Bobby is yer Uncle'. :)
(http://www.cleantech.co.uk/images/hosestop.jpg)
HTH
Mick
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If you stick an Autobrush on the end you wont need a trigger.
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How does the trigger on the 'autobrush' work? I have seen a couple of shrot videos now:
1. Looks like the valve is operated when you place the brush on the glass.
2. looks like you have a mechanism on each side of the brush head for opening and closing the valve.
Do you get much of a pressure squirt (...ooer mrs) :o :o when you first open the valve.
Thanks
Mick
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No, its just the same as when you use a Hozelock type stop.
The brush works as in No. 2 a lever mechanism for switching on and off.
Peter
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Mick, off topic I know but does one of those wobbly things ever flip out. I'm frightened to blink when you post. Dai
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Hmmm cant wait to get my into wfp, I got so many differant ideas.