Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: AuRavelling79 on February 09, 2017, 04:09:41 pm
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And have you changed the make/model in recent times?
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Always used the c****y ones off ebay. 5.5lpm 100 psI. There about 15 quid or so. Buy half a dozen and be set for years.
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Shurflo for me. Tried a flojet - pointless waste of money.
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Only had Surflo. Temped to get the higher output one next
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we have both , s.flow pumps are great , day in day out think there 5.3s
the flojet ones we have are 6s there great as well , but you can tell that your using 6s as they do move water faster and when cleaning solar panels on a picker these no drop in them at all , guess it down to you and how much water you want to use both sets are 14 months old and not missed a beat yet
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shurflo pumps for me are the best they just go on and on and when they start to get air locks just change the diraprham and there like new again mine is a bit noisy now but still going strong
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Shurflo for me always have ;)
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Was with shurflo 5.2 lpm but get them from agratech now 6.8 lpm ..... Shurflo all the way
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4-5lpm backpack type pumps off eBay.
I use them due to their light weight as I use a PF trolley which is almost as heavy as a barrel of water on its own. These pumps give me a solid days work from a 7ah battery which is also a quarter of the weight of the 26ah one that comes fitted to the standard trolley. Add pneumatic tyres and the trolley is almost half the weight. Much easier to get in and out of the vehicle.
For £15ish they're pretty good
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2 x Shurflo pumps; they seem to last forever (apart from the pressure switches which cost £2.50 and even a Geordie can replace).
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2 x Shurflo pumps; they seem to last forever (apart from the pressure switches which cost £2.50 and even a Geordie can replace).
How do you know when it's the pressure switch that has gone? When mine have stopped working I've just thrown them out and bought new but perhaps I've been wasting money.
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2 x Shurflo pumps; they seem to last forever (apart from the pressure switches which cost £2.50 and even a Geordie can replace).
How do you know when it's the pressure switch that has gone? When mine have stopped working I've just thrown them out and bought new but perhaps I've been wasting money.
You fiddle with the connections at the bottom of pump and if it'll work intermittently, it's the pressure switch.
You may now like this post. Or post me a fiver.
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Had Vyair pumps since starting wfp
Good pumps
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Thanks all!
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2 x Shurflo pumps; they seem to last forever (apart from the pressure switches which cost £2.50 and even a Geordie can replace).
How do you know when it's the pressure switch that has gone? When mine have stopped working I've just thrown them out and bought new but perhaps I've been wasting money.
You fiddle with the connections at the bottom of pump and if it'll work intermittently, it's the pressure switch.
You may now like this post. Or post me a fiver.
Erm............... two red wires go into the switch, one from the body (the motor) and the other from the battery (the live), put your live direct to the wire that goes into the pump body, if it works then you need a new switch. Fivers my way please......... ;D
Fiddle with wires...!!!! Pffftt !!!
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"Fiddle with the wires ... !!!! Pffftt!!!"
Well said Jonathan Pie. ;D
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Erm............... two red wires go into the switch, one from the body (the motor) and the other from the battery (the live), put your live direct to the wire that goes into the pump body, if it works then you need a new switch. Fivers my way please......... ;D
Fiddle with wires...!!!! Pffftt !!!
And viola!
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2 x Shurflo pumps; they seem to last forever (apart from the pressure switches which cost £2.50 and even a Geordie can replace).
How do you know when it's the pressure switch that has gone? When mine have stopped working I've just thrown them out and bought new but perhaps I've been wasting money.
Shure flow all the way .... then when the little switch goes I've got loads of them spare you can get them in maplins . Like Mike 1986 said about £2.50 . I've got three shure flows I kept changing then because I was learning over the years and didn't replace parts just the complete thing . If it wasn't for this forum is still be throwing money down the drain .
Thought I'd add this link to help others out if they get stuck with finding this http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/low-cost-standard-microswitch-gw71n
I don't use a vari stream I adjust the pressure switch and have full flow , more pressure more jobs done . Much quicker rinsing with a good flow then a low flow .
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2 x Shurflo pumps; they seem to last forever (apart from the pressure switches which cost £2.50 and even a Geordie can replace).
How do you know when it's the pressure switch that has gone? When mine have stopped working I've just thrown them out and bought new but perhaps I've been wasting money.
Shure flow all the way .... then when the little switch goes I've got loads of them spare you can get them in maplins . Like Mike 1986 said about £2.50 . I've got three shure flows I kept changing then because I was learning over the years and didn't replace parts just the complete thing . If it wasn't for this forum is still be throwing money down the drain .
What are the systems of a duff switch
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Do you mean how do you know the switch is not working properly?
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I've been using Shurflo since I started in 2008 and one of them is still going strong.
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I've been using Shurflo since I started in 2008 and one of them is still going strong.
Yep.
Have 2 on the van used every day. The one is nearly 12 years old and the other 9 years old. I bought a replacement pump for stock 5 years ago and its still in my office.
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2 x Shurflo pumps; they seem to last forever (apart from the pressure switches which cost £2.50 and even a Geordie can replace).
How do you know when it's the pressure switch that has gone? When mine have stopped working I've just thrown them out and bought new but perhaps I've been wasting money.
Shure flow all the way .... then when the little switch goes I've got loads of them spare you can get them in maplins . Like Mike 1986 said about £2.50 . I've got three shure flows I kept changing then because I was learning over the years and didn't replace parts just the complete thing . If it wasn't for this forum is still be throwing money down the drain .
Thought I'd add this link to help others out if they get stuck with finding this http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/low-cost-standard-microswitch-gw71n
I don't use a vari stream I adjust the pressure switch and have full flow , more pressure more jobs done . Much quicker rinsing with a good flow then a low flow .
Jay, you absolute star :) :) :)
that post could not have been any more timely !
posted yesterday morning with a pump problem, suspected water damage to the wiring, dried it all out and worked intermittently this morning before getting fried. Bypassed pressure switch just to be sure that's what was wrong and was. have a maplin 15 mins walk from me, 2 in stock. happy days :D :D ;) ................just what this forum is all about. ;)
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Make sure you replace the pressure switch with one with the correct rating (15amp) otherwise they may not last very long.
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Make sure you replace the pressure switch with one with the correct rating (15amp) otherwise they may not last very long.
Thanks for pointing that out, just read the Q&A on maplins site - rated at 6A, guess at that price I'll buy two though and see how I get on - may just be a temporary fix :-\
Anybody have any other links to a 15A one ? £30 seems steep for an entire replacement unit when all that is needed is the micro switch inside it.
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Make sure you replace the pressure switch with one with the correct rating (15amp) otherwise they may not last very long.
Thanks for pointing that out, just read the Q&A on maplins site - rated at 6A, guess at that price I'll buy two though and see how I get on - may just be a temporary fix :-\
Anybody have any other links to a 15A one ? £30 seems steep for an entire replacement unit when all that is needed is the micro switch inside it.
Just found some, £1.70 delivered :) ordered 3 of these and will get the maplin one today just to get me by.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/331569818978
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I've been using the pumps that came with grippa system
No idea what make they are, very impressed, to get same flow as sure flow I've turned down the controller to about 40-45
Will see how long they last
always used sure flow before, last few years flow jet- but there so loud as they get older, only because a company I know let me have them for £45
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2 Shurflo 100 psi pumps in 10 years - still use the first one as a spare.