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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Tony Edwards on November 19, 2012, 05:15:41 pm

Title: Help my Vax too powerfull !!
Post by: Tony Edwards on November 19, 2012, 05:15:41 pm: Just brought a Gerni 2750 vax from Ebay. Very powerful twin motors etc supplied with 50mm hose.

Went to use on my own house today on lower level gutters and its so powerful its sucking everything up and in 20 minutes it got blocked 3 times ! That was just using the hose. I even turned one motor off to reduce power

Any advice what I should or shouldnt be doing ?

Thanks
Title: Re: Help my Vax too powerfull !!
Post by: Dave Willis on November 19, 2012, 05:21:37 pm: ??? How can too much suction block it up?
Title: Re: Help my Vax too powerfull !!
Post by: Tony Edwards on November 19, 2012, 05:23:54 pm: Its so powerful its suck everything up so quick it blocks ! Sucked up so much much from the gutters
Title: Re: Help my Vax too powerfull !!
Post by: Dave Willis on November 19, 2012, 05:27:20 pm: Blocks where?
Title: Re: Help my Vax too powerfull !!
Post by: Tony Edwards on November 19, 2012, 05:34:45 pm: Quote from: Mark Etting on November 19, 2012, 05:27:20 pm
Blocks where?

Mark

Blocks in the tube about a foot into it.Is 50mm to big ? Thats whats supplied as standard
Title: Re: Help my Vax too powerfull !!
Post by: petski2 on November 19, 2012, 06:02:38 pm: Quote
Its so powerful its suck everything up
Isnt that the point??

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Is 50mm to big ? Thats whats supplied as standard

Surely if you are getting blockages you would be asking if the tubing was too small??

Im confused..
Title: Re: Help my Vax too powerfull !!
Post by: Dave Willis on November 19, 2012, 07:55:30 pm: I use 38mm - rarely blocks the pipe - usually the inlet.. I would have thought it would block with too little suction rather than too much.
Title: Re: Help my Vax too powerfull !!
Post by: Tony Edwards on November 19, 2012, 08:30:18 pm: Sounds weird but so powerful sucks up so much stuff it blocks
Title: Re: Help my Vax too powerfull !!
Post by: Dave Willis on November 19, 2012, 08:36:58 pm: Won't buy one of those then!
Title: Re: Help my Vax too powerfull !!
Post by: richard jagger on November 20, 2012, 02:57:11 am: You need something to break up the crud in the gutters. Get a tool that will fit on a pole to brake up lumps.Slow down your progress with the vac so the vac gets time to feed through the system.
Title: Re: Help my Vax too powerfull !!
Post by: Richard Shepherd on November 20, 2012, 08:07:21 am: It's knackered, sell it to me :D :D :D
Title: Re: Help my Vax too powerfull !!
Post by: Phil @ Extreme Clean on November 20, 2012, 09:38:43 am: Thought the whole point of having a powerfull Vac was to suck everything up i havew a 3000w vac and was blocking on last job with 50mm hose it's all dependant whats in the gutter just shake the hose as your vaccing and also make sure you clean out after every job.
Title: Re: Help my Vax too powerfull !!
Post by: Simon PolarBrite on November 20, 2012, 12:24:19 pm: Quote from: Slumpy dog on November 20, 2012, 02:57:11 am
You need something to break up the crud in the gutters. Get a tool that will fit on a pole to brake up lumps.Slow down your progress with the vac so the vac gets time to feed through the system.

I can help with that.

I know our guys use a 1200w vac and a 3000w vac both with 38mm poles and generally don't have problems with blocking.

If you break up the debris in the gutters first then you'll save yourself time in the long run.