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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: mr muzzy on January 08, 2015, 06:44:19 pm

Title: brian extracta
Post by: mr muzzy on January 08, 2015, 06:44:19 pm
am pleased brian from extracta is still working
heater broken 2 times ,pump 2 times ,2 new front wheels
on 259 hours 
best start saving up for new vacs that will be next
 ;D

Title: Re: brian extracta
Post by: Kinver_Clean on January 08, 2015, 07:38:10 pm
Do you have a habit of throwing it out the back of the van?
Thats an awful lot of repairs.
Title: Re: brian extracta
Post by: mr muzzy on January 08, 2015, 10:45:54 pm
the turbo seems to be a bit soft ,the old exels lasted a bit longer ,
but the turbo has more pull
Title: Re: brian extracta
Post by: John Kelly on January 09, 2015, 01:58:51 pm
I told you to buy an Airflex but you wouldn't listen.
Title: Re: brian extracta
Post by: mr muzzy on January 09, 2015, 03:52:17 pm
no heater john  ;D
Title: Re: brian extracta
Post by: Lewis Newby on January 09, 2015, 04:23:09 pm
no heater john  ;D

Gotta be better then a heater which keeps breaking??lol ;)
Title: Re: brian extracta
Post by: feldon on January 09, 2015, 04:35:21 pm
What's wrong with the Magma heater for Airflex?  Its what i have and works fine.
Title: Re: brian extracta
Post by: mr muzzy on January 09, 2015, 05:29:47 pm
no heater john  ;D

Gotta be better then a heater which keeps breaking??lol ;)
cant clean with cold water mate
Title: Re: brian extracta
Post by: mr muzzy on January 09, 2015, 05:33:42 pm
What's wrong with the Magma heater for Airflex?  Its what i have and works fine.
I got a demo off a lad with one and it would not heat the water very well so I did not bother
Title: Re: brian extracta
Post by: Lewis Newby on January 09, 2015, 06:25:03 pm
I had a perfect heat 1350 last year, the previous owner said the heat was very dissapointing.

It was amazing! I later found out if you didn't prime the pump really well for a few mins on very low pressure then the heater did nothing at all. And this is exactly what the previous owner was doing wrong just firing it up  at 300psi and going strait to cleaning.
Title: Re: brian extracta
Post by: mr muzzy on January 09, 2015, 07:30:12 pm
I had a perfect heat 1350 last year, the previous owner said the heat was very dissapointing.

It was amazing! I later found out if you didn't prime the pump really well for a few mins on very low pressure then the heater did nothing at all. And this is exactly what the previous owner was doing wrong just firing it up  at 300psi and going strait to cleaning.
might be the problem then ,the lad that showed me one had not used on before lewis
Title: Re: brian extracta
Post by: jim mca on January 09, 2015, 08:36:23 pm
Magma heater works very well
Title: Re: brian extracta
Post by: Lewis Newby on January 09, 2015, 08:49:18 pm
Worth a look, might pick up a steal if it's in working order. Feed the solution back into the tank while setting up vaccing,pre spray,agitate -come back to the machine and cold tank water will now be warm-hot , then rinse with the heater inline and you should have steaming hot solution at the wand.

Now Mr muzzy- I appreciate this doesn't have much relevence to your origional post so back on topic lol. That's a lot to go wrong on low hours, how is the after sales tho?

Lew
Title: Re: brian extracta
Post by: Radek Jablonski on January 09, 2015, 08:52:34 pm
Magma heater works very well
on summer time ok
on winter time when using stone cold water from the van, no way, unless you are going to clean very very slow with many dry passes.
prefer to do a good agitation and not to use any heaters,
excellent on upholstery with one jet tool
should be excellent for real porty use when warm water added to the tank
Title: Re: brian extracta
Post by: Shaun_Ashmore on January 09, 2015, 09:12:26 pm
Mr.Muzzy have you got Extractas newer porti with the 8.4 motors in?

Shaun
Title: Re: brian extracta
Post by: fibresafe on January 09, 2015, 09:19:13 pm
Magma heater works very well
on summer time ok
on winter time when using stone cold water from the van, no way, unless you are going to clean very very slow with many dry passes.
prefer to do a good agitation and not to use any heaters,
excellent on upholstery with one jet tool
should be excellent for real porty use when warm water added to the tank


Do you keep the Magma on the van? You'll lose all the heat on the way down the hoses especially in winter. Put it on your last 25ft hose closer to the wand and you will have steaming hot water no matter how cold the weather
Title: Re: brian extracta
Post by: Radek Jablonski on January 09, 2015, 09:30:14 pm
helps only a bit
Title: Re: brian extracta
Post by: john martin on January 09, 2015, 11:32:54 pm

feeding it icy cold water from your van tank is not really ideal  . If u could find a way to preheat your van tank . How bout another inline heater in the van on a seperate cord constantly recirculating the tank water ... and then have your other heater  close to the wand .

Your wand flow might be excessive also ? i use a 3flow at about 250psi  .  I am happy with the heat from the CFR inline if the water in the portable is warm going in  , most houses have warm water . If im in a house with cold water i put the enforcers immersion on constant and run the inline heater from another circuit or room . 
If im doing upholstery i put in stone cold water to keep it hot , otherwise the thermostat will keep switching the inline off and it ends up less hot .
Title: Re: brian extracta
Post by: mr muzzy on January 10, 2015, 10:24:05 am
Mr.Muzzy have you got Extractas newer porti with the 8.4 motors in?

Shaun
yes that's the one I have shaun its more powerful than the old excel ,
Title: Re: brian extracta
Post by: mr muzzy on January 10, 2015, 10:48:03 am
Worth a look, might pick up a steal if it's in working order. Feed the solution back into the tank while setting up vaccing,pre spray,agitate -come back to the machine and cold tank water will now be warm-hot , then rinse with the heater inline and you should have steaming hot solution at the wand.

Now Mr muzzy- I appreciate this doesn't have much relevence to your origional post so back on topic lol. That's a lot to go wrong on low hours, how is the after sales tho?

Lew
lewis I have lost the warranty on the machine as extracta went bust a month after I got it off them ,as for fixing it I have to go to brian who was one of the two at extracta ,brian been the better man ,
Title: Re: brian extracta
Post by: Russ Chadd on January 10, 2015, 07:40:28 pm
The Enforcer is still the best portable on the market... whatever your views on Ashbys is... they have produced a fantastic machine and it has everything... power, heat and reliability...
Title: Re: brian extracta
Post by: jim mca on January 12, 2015, 09:42:28 pm
Russ

Not be long till you get a titan 875  ;D

Radek

If you pre-spray and give a good agitation then you will be wanding to quick for any inline heater but if you are giving the heater time to keep up it will work fine if you want heat and work from your van buy a TM or a little giant heater
Title: Re: brian extracta
Post by: mr muzzy on January 12, 2015, 10:15:47 pm
Russ

Not be long till you get a titan 875  ;D

Radek

If you pre-spray and give a good agitation then you will be wanding to quick for any inline heater but if you are giving the heater time to keep up it will work fine if you want heat and work from your van buy a TM or a little giant heater
I fill my machine stick the heater on then pre spray and agitate ,by the time I done that we are good to go ,nice hot water , ;D
Title: Re: brian extracta
Post by: Soupy on January 13, 2015, 11:28:17 am
I thought this was a new tool for extracting brains.

 :-[
Title: Re: brian extracta
Post by: *Hector* on January 13, 2015, 11:36:55 am
I thought this was a new tool for extracting brains.

 :-[

Who let you in here??

go on.... clear off.... nothing for sweaty window lickers here....  :P

 ;D ;D
Title: Re: brian extracta
Post by: mr muzzy on January 13, 2015, 09:26:53 pm
Russ

Not be long till you get a titan 875  ;D

Radek

If you pre-spray and give a good agitation then you will be wanding to quick for any inline heater but if you are giving the heater time to keep up it will work fine if you want heat and work from your van buy a TM or a little giant heater
jim whats a titan 875 ,is that a big machine that' make small men think they have a big one  ;D
Title: Re: brian extracta
Post by: jim mca on January 13, 2015, 10:26:55 pm
Not going there  ;D