Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Andy L.W.C.S. on February 01, 2012, 08:28:47 pm
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has anyone seen or heard about this for van systems, using a thermostat connected to your pump and when it gets below set temp pump kicks in circulating water thus stops it freezing in hose/pump n tank (pump on lowest setting???
any ideas :P Cheers
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come on pips, someone must be able to help on this matter!!! ???
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Nah m8 sorry m8n don't fink that will work TBH
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Water can freeze on the move
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Water can freeze on the move
water can freeze when it's running very slowly but not at a constant speed and if so it would have to be around -20
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put fish in your tank overnight,works perfect fella
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/250953679066?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
just set this up on your system to come on every hour for 15 minutes.
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http://www.indiegogo.com/Thermoshine-advanced-WFP-controller?a=215355
:)
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oil filled radiator does the job.around £40 for a half decent one.money well spent IMO.costs me around £1-50 a night in electric to wake up to a frost free van on cold mornings.
regards
dazmond
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nat jones as designed a flow controller which does this and you should be able to buy soon. ;)
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docwindows, gold fish or ??? Cheers Lol
pure hydro, that looks like it might be the thing to use :D
dazmond, cant 1 of me vans next to Hse to run power cable :(
cheers pips, got something to get on wiv now
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nat jones as designed a flow controller which does this and you should be able to buy soon. ;)
You can pre-order already from the link above (more pics coming soon). Delivery for the first batch will start mid march. ;D ;D
Only 50 units will be available at that special price though,... ;)
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Also worth having a look at a Frost stat controller which will run with a diesel or calor gas heater.
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docwindows, gold fish or ??? Cheers Lol
pure hydro, that looks like it might be the thing to use :D
dazmond, cant 1 of me vans next to Hse to run power cable :(
cheers pips, got something to get on wiv now
yeah goldfish they say if its upto 450 litres you just need 10!
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nat jones as designed a flow controller which does this and you should be able to buy soon. ;)
You can pre-order already from the link above (more pics coming soon). Delivery for the first batch will start mid march. ;D ;D
Only 50 units will be available at that special price though,... ;)
by then we will be in the middle of a heatwave compared to what its like today ;D
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True,.. but you'll be prepared for next year, & you get it at a never to be repeated price. ;)
Plus there's the remote control,... ;D ;D
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Video coming soon,.. here's a pic tho (The label is only temp,.. the proper high quality one should arrive in the post Monday):
(http://d2oadd98wnjs7n.cloudfront.net/medias/164602/pictures/full/20120203022835-IMAG0425.jpg?1328264967)
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I think that's a great advancement, looks fantastic, but is it really necessary? If you can't get a lead out to your van, I guess so, but a thermostat fan heater is easier, cheaper to run and does a better job I would imagine as it circulates the air. Have had the same fan heater in the van for the last 3 winters, and it's always frost free.
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I like this idea.my concern is this-my back door has to be open for fume release as I have a fogwash. This would mean I have to leave the door open letting cold in, and obviously security issues. Drilling a hole in the roof isn't an option for me
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A roof vent would be essential if you wanted to run the system with all doors closed,.. and to be honest I'd never recommend running a DIY hot system unattended unless you're 110% sure its been properly & competently installed.
Roof vents are cheap & easy to fit though,.. although I did cringe a little when I started cutting the hole in my van roof,...
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looks good matt.
would you like me to test one out. ;D ;D ;D
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/250953679066?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
just set this up on your system to come on every hour for 15 minutes.
I set this up and it does not work ??? I think it might have something to do with the amps the pumps draws, this timer needs 30amps while my pumps only goes upto 8amps.
I have also tried the socket timer that you use in the house, but the voltage is not enough to send the timer around.
anyone know one which does work?
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That ebay one should work,.. maybe you got a faulty one?
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i wired it up correctly, even the led light came on, but the pump would not work, it did my head in :o
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If I was going down this route, I would use one of these http://www.garden4less.co.uk/hozelock_water_timer.asp
when the timer opens the valve the fogwash would fire and heat the water, I would have the hot going back to the pump di and back to heater. And have it do so every couple of hours for 5mins.
Roy
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If I was going down this route, I would use one of these http://www.garden4less.co.uk/hozelock_water_timer.asp
when the timer opens the valve the fogwash would fire and heat the water, I would have the hot going back to the pump di and back to heater. And have it do so every couple of hours for 5mins.
Roy
thanks for that roy.
Matt on other forum (cleaning) suggested this one
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WATER-TIMER-GARDEN-IRRIGATION-fits-HOZELOCK-ELECTRONIC-/370518920426?pt=UK_Home_Garden_GardenEquipment_HandTools_SM&hash=item5644a60cea