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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: purekleen on September 24, 2006, 07:46:16 pm
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i have a flojet 100 psi pump on a van mount why is it not powerfull enough for 2 men and whats is the best way to overcome the problem.my set up is from tank to pump on hosepipe then to a polishing unit on small pipe then feed to the outlets on the van.
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Hi
How old is the pump.
Michael D
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it is only a year old
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I run my van with a set up for Two people.
I decided from the begining to have Two seprate pumps, one for each hose reel. I run 2 x 60psi flowjet pumps. They are fine. Its an avenue you may want to pursue.
Nel.
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two problems - firstly run the water through the di vessel to the pump (put a strainer on the pump) and then run from the pump to the 2 reels. secondly if you are using more than 50m microbore on each reel then there will be too much strain on the pump, also your pump should be 6ltr/min as a minimum.
Personally I'd recommend using 2 pumps and controlling them with 2 varistreams/2ecoflows
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looks like i'll be rigging a second pump this week then thanks for your help
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Yes all good advice on this one.
1 pump = 1 hosereel as far as I am concerned. 1 pump operating 2 reels is probably workin too hard especially with microbore and if it breaks down you have 2 people standing idle busy losing money. I keep a spare pump in each van as well in case of breakdown. Some may think this is overboard but I have found it to be very good insurance. 20 mins to change a pump if available costs far less than say 2 to 3 days waiting for a new one to arrive.