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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Wolfman on April 28, 2018, 08:17:54 am

Title: Cleaning gutters with 1400 watt vac and in the rain
Post by: Wolfman on April 28, 2018, 08:17:54 am: Was doing ok cleaning out gutters then it started raining heavily and couldn't get much out except water which when I lifted vac out of gutter fell out of vac end down onto wall. Also I guess and electric vac in the rain isn't a great idea, it smoked for a second and something doesn't smell right. Bought the vac off Lee Martin. Would a 3000w vac just suck the rain water out from high gutters as well as gunk so I can carry on working?
Title: Re: Cleaning gutters with 1400 watt vac and in the rain
Post by: Smudger on April 28, 2018, 08:27:04 am: Has your vac an ip rating ? All wet/dry vacs should be able to work in light rain

Yes a larger vac should suck all water 💦 and crud out of the gutter if like you say water was coming back out of the hose it just couldn’t handle that amount of liquid or you had a partial blockage in the hose or vac Inlet

If you insist on working in heavy rain get 110v machine so you don’t kill yourself

Darran
Title: Re: Cleaning gutters with 1400 watt vac and in the rain
Post by: Plankton on April 28, 2018, 10:19:13 am: Sounds like there was a blockage or the vac was full. Is it the 1400w Karcher?
Title: Re: Cleaning gutters with 1400 watt vac and in the rain
Post by: P @ F on April 28, 2018, 12:23:51 pm: I used to put a flexi bucket on top of mine in the rain , upside down of course ;D
Title: Re: Cleaning gutters with 1400 watt vac and in the rain
Post by: Spruce on April 28, 2018, 07:20:24 pm: Quote from: Wolfman on April 28, 2018, 08:17:54 am
Was doing ok cleaning out gutters then it started raining heavily and couldn't get much out except water which when I lifted vac out of gutter fell out of vac end down onto wall. Also I guess and electric vac in the rain isn't a great idea, it smoked for a second and something doesn't smell right. Bought the vac off Lee Martin. Would a 3000w vac just suck the rain water out from high gutters as well as gunk so I can carry on working?

Working with 230 volt equipment in the rain will make you an ideal candidate for a Darwin Award which is usually bestowed posthumously.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_Awards
Title: Re: Cleaning gutters with 1400 watt vac and in the rain
Post by: C & S on April 28, 2018, 07:26:45 pm: I use the 1400w skyvac

And its get hammered on loads of jobs (gr8 bit of kit btw for a small machine)

Ran from Generator.

I jusrlt put a bucket upside down over extension connector that the vac plugs into.

Never ever had a problem.
Title: Re: Cleaning gutters with 1400 watt vac and in the rain
Post by: Wolfman on May 04, 2018, 08:14:21 am: Been using a 1400 watt thing with a material filter, I was told to cut a hole one inch by one inch in the back of filter and now the suction is back. I was told to get a foam filter instead of material one and cable tie it on.

I called another company who do gutter cleaning and they said use shopvac from b and q. Don't waste your money on some overpriced one. Shopvacs are great. I need a wet and dry for other jobs as well.