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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: dave f on May 17, 2016, 01:15:00 pm

Title: shure flow pump how long have you had yours
Post by: dave f on May 17, 2016, 01:15:00 pm: ive just replaced my 100psi shure flow pump after 4yrs although it still was working it was making a racket so I decided to replace before it gave up I did an autopsy to see what it was like inside it was full of rusty water the bushes were badly worn a small sealed bearing was a bit rattley armature was manky. how long is since you have replaced the pump .its strange not having a load of noise all the time
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Post by: DaveG on May 17, 2016, 02:28:04 pm: About 4 years too, but I'm a lazy git part timer..
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Post by: Lee GLS on May 17, 2016, 06:05:37 pm: Mine is 7 years old
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Post by: steven ainger on May 17, 2016, 06:31:34 pm: Mines 9 yrs old, and still no horrible noises coming from it 😄
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Post by: ChumBucket on May 17, 2016, 07:13:50 pm: 8 years and still runs and sounds as day one! :)
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Post by: dazmond on May 17, 2016, 07:15:51 pm: 3 and a half years and still running smoothly. :)
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Post by: andyM on May 17, 2016, 08:40:34 pm: 6 years
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Post by: Steve foster on May 17, 2016, 10:32:06 pm: Mine must be about 14 years old. Replaced the RO filter 2 years back and that was 12 year old and never been changed from new.
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Post by: CleanClear on May 17, 2016, 10:55:12 pm: over 6 years old.
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Post by: rosskesava on May 18, 2016, 12:44:27 am: I still have one in use I bought for a fiver at a boot market about 5/6 years ago. Going by the labels and corroded casing, it's well old but it still works fine. When I bought it, I had to replace the cables to the carbon brushes as where they come out the casing the red was thread bare and shorting. It took maybe an hour to get it all sorted out.

At the time I was using a 2/3 year old flojet pump that was starting to sound dodgy. I saw the pump in a Sunday market and though for a fiver, it has to worth it as a spare and even if it's naff, I've only lost a fiver. A short time later and with plenty of black acrid smoke, the flojet packed up.

The other pump, about 3 years old.
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Post by: dave f on May 18, 2016, 06:28:23 am: looks like mine was a duffer hope I get a few more years out of this one
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Post by: dazmond on May 18, 2016, 07:59:47 am: Quote from: dave f on May 18, 2016, 06:28:23 am
looks like mine was a duffer hope I get a few more years out of this one

4 years out of a pump is not bad.its hardly a major expense to buy another one is it?whats that?£20 a year?
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Post by: P @ F on May 18, 2016, 09:32:00 am: Still on my first pump from 10 years ago , never even had a pressure switch either !
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Post by: dave f on May 18, 2016, 02:28:36 pm: the cost is not a problem I just wonderd how long they may last