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UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Matt Gibson on June 21, 2012, 06:05:53 pm

Title: sludge sucker attachment
Post by: Matt Gibson on June 21, 2012, 06:05:53 pm
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SUBMERSIBLE-SLUDGE-MUD-TRASH-DIRT-SEWAGE-WATER-PUMP-HIGH-PRESSUE-WATER-JETTER-/160772406030?pt=UK_Home_Garden_PowerTools_SM&hash=item256ec83b0e


Do these work on the same principal as the wet sandblasting attachments?

If not, could someone please explain how they work?

Does the water sucked up go through the pump?  

Im needing one as we are cleaning the inside of a barge and need to pump the water out of the wells in the floor and need to get down into small ammounts of water which a normal sub pump wont reach.

Cheers,

Matt
Title: Re: sludge sucker attachment
Post by: mike roberts on June 21, 2012, 07:32:45 pm
not sure how to add link must be my age  ;D

do a search 'water pump' Lee 'kenny' uses them... if not get vac with auto pump sooo handy! 
Title: Re: sludge sucker attachment
Post by: mike roberts on June 21, 2012, 07:35:59 pm
aha topic '147428'  look out that Kevin fella will be on this soon  ;D ;D
Title: Re: sludge sucker attachment
Post by: Blast Away on June 21, 2012, 07:43:08 pm
Watch this Matt. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0gXVtIcqKY

We've just bought one and we're sucking up canal water into the tanks then washing paving on job.
Title: Re: sludge sucker attachment
Post by: Blast Away on June 21, 2012, 08:02:33 pm
Fills up 1000 litre IBC in about 3 minutes.

Inside the cast sucker is a pencil jet nozzle. Your pressure washing fires water through and it creates and back syphon vacuum and sucks like f**k!!!
Title: Re: sludge sucker attachment
Post by: Matt Gibson on June 21, 2012, 08:40:48 pm
How much water does it use to cause the suction if that makes sense?
Title: Re: sludge sucker attachment
Post by: TomCrowther on June 21, 2012, 09:39:05 pm
Looks like a v useful tool.
Title: Re: sludge sucker attachment
Post by: Blast Away on June 21, 2012, 09:43:55 pm
Quote from: Matt Gibson on June 21, 2012, 08:40:48 pm
How much water does it use to cause the suction if that makes sense?

We leave enough water in the IBC tank that is just over the tap so roughly 50-80 litres. Once this fires through, the water you're drawing is going into the same tank and clearly rising but if you're pumping from one tank to fill another tank you will drain the first as you need to pump to receive.

So if you wanted to transfer a chemical from one tank to another it would dilute with the water you're pumping unless you start off with chemical and pump the chem to draw the chem.

Very simple but f**k me an quality tool.

This canal job we're on we have the trailer being pushed down the paving drawing when needed, no need to tow away to fill from FH.

I'm thinking of saving rain water from gutter downspout then pumping into van.
Title: Re: sludge sucker attachment
Post by: Matt Gibson on June 21, 2012, 11:05:54 pm
Got it. thanks mate.   :)

Looks like it will do the job nicely. cheap too.
Title: Re: sludge sucker attachment
Post by: Kev Martin on June 22, 2012, 07:09:59 am
Quote from: mike roberts on June 21, 2012, 07:35:59 pm
aha topic '147428'  look out that Kevin fella will be on this soon  ;D ;D

You never did call Mike ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Kev Martin
Marblelife Ltd
Title: Re: sludge sucker attachment
Post by: mike roberts on June 22, 2012, 04:18:31 pm
Quote from: Kevin Martin on June 22, 2012, 07:09:59 am
Quote from: mike roberts on June 21, 2012, 07:35:59 pm
aha topic '147428'  look out that Kevin fella will be on this soon  ;D ;D

You never did call Mike ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Kev Martin
Marblelife Ltd

Er I think I did  ??? Used aquaseal on limestone worked a treat, thanks for sample remover ... next graf job will give it a go.
Title: Re: sludge sucker attachment
Post by: Kev Martin on June 24, 2012, 02:55:13 pm
OK you must have dealt with Antony or Kath then!

Kev Martin
Marblelife Ltd