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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: David Beecroft on December 17, 2015, 04:24:33 pm

Title: advice needed urgently
Post by: David Beecroft on December 17, 2015, 04:24:33 pm

Hi folks, disaster struck just when I need it least, busiest 7 days of year coming up.
My set up has 2 battery's, 2 pumps and 2 varistream digital controllers.
Just after lunch one controller  stopped working.
Question; can I run 2 pumps off 1 controller until I get a new one delivered? If so,how do I do it?  ???

Title: Re: advice needed urgently
Post by: Nathanael Jones on December 17, 2015, 04:31:36 pm

no - chances are you'll melt your remaining controller.

If you have a flow control valve, you can wire one pump directly to the battery (via a fuse and cheapo switch from B&Q) for now & keep working - but you will use a LOT of water.

Title: Re: advice needed urgently
Post by: David Beecroft on December 17, 2015, 04:37:57 pm

Thanks Nathanael, thats one point cleared up. So in the shed I have a domestic light switch and box mounted on a piece of ply. Could I use that? Also while I'm thinking about it, the pump will be going full belt, do I not risk burning it out?

Title: Re: advice needed urgently
Post by: Don Kee on December 17, 2015, 05:03:41 pm

For the sake of a few days until you can get a new controller, get a hozelock 'y' piece from B&Q and put it after the controller/pump combo that works
(Pump - hose - y piece - hose to each reel)

Then you'll have one pump running 2 reels
Will be fine whilst you sort out a new controller

Or build one if these -
http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=192847.0

Title: Re: advice needed urgently
Post by: ascjim on December 17, 2015, 05:05:22 pm

Yeah, a hose splitter would be perfect.

Title: Re: advice needed urgently
Post by: David Beecroft on December 17, 2015, 05:35:14 pm

Okay, I've got a Y piece somewhere so I'll dig it out and give that a try. Thanks for your advice Guys.

Title: Re: advice needed urgently
Post by: Plankton on December 17, 2015, 08:16:19 pm

Bit late in the day but when my Avon analog control broke I just reconnected the pressure switch and have been running it without a flow control since. Someone who had previously sold them argued that you don't need one!

Title: Re: advice needed urgently
Post by: David Beecroft on December 18, 2015, 05:34:41 pm

Well I got the Y piece and it worked a treat. The other alternative was to do the same as Alan Ritchie did and reinstate the wiring to the pressure switch  on the pump. Anyway I managed to get  2 of us working off 1 pump and it saved the day. Thanks guys.  ;D

Title: Re: advice needed urgently
Post by: Matt. on December 19, 2015, 05:20:26 pm

I don't bother with controllers and just run the pumps as explained above, using inline fuse an switch, not manage to burn a pump out yet as far as I know