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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: trippyboy on March 12, 2017, 07:35:43 pm

Title: Tank vent
Post by: trippyboy on March 12, 2017, 07:35:43 pm
Anyone cover up the vent in the lid ? Always seem to get a bit of water out of mine so wrap a scrim around it to mop up the wet, its not much at all but it bugs me.
Is there a reason why we need the vent there?
Title: Re: Tank vent
Post by: Dry Clean on March 12, 2017, 07:41:56 pm
The vent is there to let the water flow if you didn't have it you would end up with a vacuum as air wouldn't be able to
get into the tank to replace the used water.
Title: Re: Tank vent
Post by: ֍Winp®oClean֍ on March 12, 2017, 08:32:05 pm
Anyone cover up the vent in the lid ? Always seem to get a bit of water out of mine so wrap a scrim around it to mop up the wet, its not much at all but it bugs me.
Is there a reason why we need the vent there?

Are you being serious?  ;D
Title: Re: Tank vent
Post by: duncan h on March 14, 2017, 03:57:08 pm
Anyone cover up the vent in the lid ? Always seem to get a bit of water out of mine so wrap a scrim around it to mop up the wet, its not much at all but it bugs me.
Is there a reason why we need the vent there?

Are you being serious?  ;D
I get the same problem at times. Splashes  out of the vent cap. It came of last week so expecting loads of splashes when I top the tank. A better designed lid would work
Title: Re: Tank vent
Post by: ֍Winp®oClean֍ on March 14, 2017, 05:05:40 pm
(http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1489511125_20170314_165954.jpg)
Title: Re: Tank vent
Post by: trippyboy on March 14, 2017, 06:24:25 pm
(http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1489511125_20170314_165954.jpg)
nice one
Title: Re: Tank vent
Post by: ֍Winp®oClean֍ on March 14, 2017, 06:42:48 pm
It's a barbed to push fit connector inserted into a hole drilled to the same size then, as you can see just a straight push fit connector with a bit of pole hose into it.
Title: Re: Tank vent
Post by: philip.parkin@talk21.com on March 14, 2017, 07:37:55 pm
I put a piece of tape over inside and stuck a pin in it to let air in, had a dry tank since.
Title: Re: Tank vent
Post by: duncan h on March 14, 2017, 08:05:58 pm
My lid has a massive centre vent