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Title: first day on hot water and its the future!!
Post by: mufcglen on November 04, 2014, 03:50:35 pm
first day using it with my chiwanese stainless heater and just feels better scubbing and rinsing glass and best of all it keeps my ickle hands warm!
i would definately recommend getting a heater of some sort to anyone, i cant comment on reliabiliaty of these stainless 8l models but its cheap and cheerfull and working at moment so see how long it lasts but its doing great at moment.
only downside is my gardiner all season pole hose and yellow reel hose has gone like silly string!, i got some red pole hose to put on and will have to get some reel hose but whats the difference between gardiner thermobore and thermobore plus hose?
Title: Re: first day on hot water and its the future!!
Post by: advanced on November 04, 2014, 05:23:51 pm
 had my chines heater  two years with no problem  it eventually gave up  when it would only fire up when running pump above 60  so replaced it , new one runs lovely .
Title: Re: first day on hot water and its the future!!
Post by: dannymack on November 04, 2014, 05:38:23 pm
Had my fog wash around 4 or 5 years, good lil shower not sure if you can get these anymore. Only use it in extreme cold frosty and snowy days
Title: Re: first day on hot water and its the future!!
Post by: Dave Willis on November 04, 2014, 05:43:36 pm
Fired mine back up today and scorched through my work. Record day.
Title: Re: first day on hot water and its the future!!
Post by: Alex Wingrove on November 04, 2014, 06:04:39 pm
had my chines heater  two years with no problem  it eventually gave up  when it would only fire up when running pump above 60  so replaced it , new one runs lovely .


How wierd, that exact thing happened to me today

Would only fire up at 60

Just aswell I have a backup
Title: Re: first day on hot water and its the future!!
Post by: mufcglen on November 04, 2014, 09:08:20 pm
Fired mine back up today and scorched through my work. Record day.

i have to say i got through my work alot quicker inc a few first cleans, would that be because of the hotsystem or just me working harder!
im running mine on 30 at the moment.
Title: Re: first day on hot water and its the future!!
Post by: Plankton on November 04, 2014, 09:32:03 pm
Are you using the 6L propane heater or something else.
Alan
Title: Re: first day on hot water and its the future!!
Post by: wfp master on November 04, 2014, 10:17:54 pm
been around for years. 💻
Title: Re: first day on hot water and its the future!!
Post by: Plankton on November 04, 2014, 10:27:40 pm
Are you telling me to hack his computer!
I was looking at the same one as Dangerous Darren, but keep putting it off. An outside hot tap is my next idea.
Title: Re: first day on hot water and its the future!!
Post by: mufcglen on November 05, 2014, 07:38:48 am
Lol I'm using the 8l ah meny stainless heater as opposed to the White 6l models!
Title: Re: first day on hot water and its the future!!
Post by: slap bash on November 05, 2014, 04:00:43 pm
Still cannot believe we have not heard a murmur from the Bureaucrats on this forum about being unsafe and gss bottles exploding..and insurance sh.............. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D. 
Title: Re: first day on hot water and its the future!!
Post by: Plankton on November 05, 2014, 05:53:52 pm
Lots of stuff can be dangerous when incorrectly used. Take manual handling training for example they'll throw a pen on the floor and ask someone to pick it up, and the class dumpling jumps up and performs the classic back injury manoeuvre. Its easy to point at potential risks but if you know what they are you can minimise the risk.
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Post by: SeanK on November 05, 2014, 08:22:40 pm
Lots of stuff can be dangerous when incorrectly used. Take manual handling training for example they'll throw a pen on the floor and ask someone to pick it up, and the class dumpling jumps up and performs the classic back injury manoeuvre. Its easy to point at potential risks but if you know what they are you can minimise the risk.


So the sensible solution would be to remove the risk or not create the risk in the first place.
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Post by: james stanley on November 05, 2014, 08:40:36 pm
Here we go again ..... ;D
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Post by: Jonny 87 on November 05, 2014, 11:24:31 pm
Damn you slap bash.....you woke them up!

 ;D
Title: Re: first day on hot water and its the future!!
Post by: james stanley on November 07, 2014, 07:00:18 pm
SHHHH !!!!!  There dropping off back to sleep now lol ;D
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Post by: jd services on November 07, 2014, 07:42:19 pm
I know nothing about hot water. Had a look at systems and they range from £125 to £3,000. Anyone point me in the right direction for one of these budget chinese affairs you are talking about?
Title: Re: first day on hot water and its the future!!
Post by: Jonny 87 on November 08, 2014, 03:41:02 am
Get the corwoods heater. It's under £200 and comes with everything you need apart from the lpg bottle. And it has no 20 minute cut out.

It's awesome. :)
Title: Re: first day on hot water and its the future!!
Post by: oldman on November 08, 2014, 04:24:17 am
Get the corwoods heater. It's under £200 and comes with everything you need apart from the lpg bottle. And it has no 20 minute cut out.

It's awesome. :)


The 'time cut-out' on some portable shower units is after 20 minutes of continuous flow....so not a problem.
Title: Re: first day on hot water and its the future!!
Post by: mufcglen on November 08, 2014, 07:49:34 am
The stainless 8l models don't have the cut off or at least mine doesn't?
Title: Re: first day on hot water and its the future!!
Post by: Jonny 87 on November 08, 2014, 08:11:51 am
Get the corwoods heater. It's under £200 and comes with everything you need apart from the lpg bottle. And it has no 20 minute cut out.

It's awesome. :)


The 'time cut-out' on some portable shower units is after 20 minutes of continuous flow....so not a problem.


If you do commercial or very large properties then it is......

All chiwanese heaters have the cut off from what I've seen. It's 20 minutes continuous flow.
Title: Re: first day on hot water and its the future!!
Post by: jd services on November 08, 2014, 06:20:45 pm
Get the corwoods heater. It's under £200 and comes with everything you need apart from the lpg bottle. And it has no 20 minute cut out.

It's awesome. :)

Thanks...just what I needed to know  :)
Title: Re: first day on hot water and its the future!!
Post by: NWH on November 11, 2014, 05:32:23 pm
Use hot then go back to cold you'll soon beg borrow and steal to buy a hot system IMO,this time of year is a nightmare using cold unless you don't mind spending 10 minutes scrubbing snail trails off of patio doors or trying to get green plastic back to white again.Mine runs at about 60 degrees and I don't turn it down till the mornings are frosty.
Title: Re: first day on hot water and its the future!!
Post by: mufcglen on November 11, 2014, 05:52:02 pm
i have to say im doing my jobs twice as quick with less scrubbing,i cant stop using it now just not sure how long the gas will last i got a big 19kg bottle.
Title: Re: first day on hot water and its the future!!
Post by: NWH on November 11, 2014, 06:04:49 pm
The gas system seller will tell you it's cheaper to run but there not mate,I use about £25 worth of diesel roughly every 2 and a half weeks so peanuts to run,when I tried gas I was going through more than that a week in gas
Title: Re: first day on hot water and its the future!!
Post by: NWH on November 11, 2014, 06:06:11 pm
The only thing with gas is that you can fine tune the temp better but that's only useful in the really cold days,there is a trick to do this with the diesel heater though
Title: Re: first day on hot water and its the future!!
Post by: LWC on November 11, 2014, 06:40:58 pm
The gas system seller will tell you it's cheaper to run but there not mate,I use about £25 worth of diesel roughly every 2 and a half weeks so peanuts to run,when I tried gas I was going through more than that a week in gas

I go through about 13kg gas every 3 - 4 weeks, every day use at £24...me thinks gas is cheaper :)
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Post by: dazmond on November 11, 2014, 07:15:58 pm
it works out at about £3 a day in gas to use hot water all day every day for me.
Title: Re: first day on hot water and its the future!!
Post by: NWH on November 11, 2014, 07:21:17 pm
I used to use a standard size gas bottle about every 5-6 days when I was gas
Title: Re: first day on hot water and its the future!!
Post by: ChumBucket on November 11, 2014, 07:23:40 pm
So it seems gas is cheaper to run & £3800 cheaper to install. ;D
Title: Re: first day on hot water and its the future!!
Post by: LWC on November 11, 2014, 07:32:11 pm
I used to use a standard size gas bottle about every 5-6 days when I was gas

You must of had a gas leak  ;D
Title: Re: first day on hot water and its the future!!
Post by: ChumBucket on November 11, 2014, 07:34:36 pm
I used to use a standard size gas bottle about every 5-6 days when I was gas

You must of had a gas leak  ;D

Yeah, a big one, turned out to be a massive hole just under his nose!! ;D ;D
Title: Re: first day on hot water and its the future!!
Post by: NWH on November 11, 2014, 07:37:07 pm
In it about time you went in your shed and done a few repairs lol
Title: Re: first day on hot water and its the future!!
Post by: ChumBucket on November 11, 2014, 07:39:50 pm
In it about time you went in your shed and done a few repairs lol

When you jump in your little connect with a heater worth more than the van I'll be already working away 4K better off than you!! ;)
Title: Re: first day on hot water and its the future!!
Post by: NWH on November 11, 2014, 08:31:04 pm
Times have moved on since then Cumbucket I have a transporter now and another nice little business on the side mate thanks so no need for the old shower heater in the back,I have also married a nice young lady with a nice few quid so I'm quiet happy thanks. 
Title: Re: first day on hot water and its the future!!
Post by: ChumBucket on November 11, 2014, 09:55:57 pm
Times have moved on since then Cumbucket I have a transporter now and another nice little business on the side mate thanks so no need for the old shower heater in the back,I have also married a nice young lady with a nice few quid so I'm quiet happy thanks. 

Oh I've absolutely no doubt about any of it mate, I'm just surprised you stopped there & didn't mention the Ferrari or the swimming pool ::)roll ;D
Title: Re: first day on hot water and its the future!!
Post by: NWH on November 11, 2014, 10:53:49 pm
If you want to see the Ferrari or the swimming pool you'll have to come round the in laws mate lol,or should I say range rover they have a bit of class  ;) I ain't joking either lol
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Post by: NWH on November 11, 2014, 10:56:32 pm
Lol I don't know why she married me, must be because like she's always said I seem to have an Extreme Pole lol ;D ;D :o
Title: Re: first day on hot water and its the future!!
Post by: Jonny 87 on November 12, 2014, 07:53:16 pm
Pictures or it didn't happen.
 ;D


I bet your secretly running a mondeo estate and backpack with 10 barrels stuck in the back.

 ;D ;D
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Post by: Dave Willis on November 12, 2014, 08:38:21 pm
Ford KA with 1000l ibc tank in the back.
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Post by: PoleKing on November 12, 2014, 08:41:51 pm
Ford KA with 1000l ibc tank in the back.

On the roofrack ;D

[i don't know you! not digging, just joining in the fun]
Title: Re: first day on hot water and its the future!!
Post by: ChumBucket on November 12, 2014, 09:08:08 pm
Ford KA with 1000l ibc tank in the back.

Could be another one bedroom flat job with a private box at the olympics!! ;D ;D
Title: Re: first day on hot water and its the future!!
Post by: NWH on November 12, 2014, 09:39:58 pm
Lol I did live in a one bedroom flat blimey looks like I have a stalker,you are more than welcome to come round to my new place Cumbucket be my guest mate like I said times have changed for me so no ford modeo or KA.let me know mate you can come round but just promise that you'll speak to me afterwards won't you cos many don't now lol.