Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: geefree on July 25, 2007, 06:04:57 pm
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Well,
time to come clean with my set up, i mentioned in earlier posts about simply using my backpack pump for my van mount.
well i did it .. and it works fine, and i use number 2 on all houses with 50 metres of microbore..... so 40 psi is fine for me and i have various settings, with a tap on the pole end for water on and off.....
But..... i know it may have to be temporary as i am not sure if the pump will withstand pumping it 50 metres then up the pole forever, (although it handles it with ease at the mo.)
does anyone else do this or is it just me with me being a tight git lol?
i do want a leisure battery for the pump but the backpack one seems fine..
can i use a strong battery for this pump? which one and what charger would i need.
a million questions again. sorry :D
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Some WCS only use a 60psi pump for a hundred meters of micrbore day in day out.
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i couldnt see a problem of using that way every day
only thing that would do my head in is the water running out
how do you cpe with that, if only we could come up with something so the big tanks automatically fill the backpack up
i thought making a splitter pipe to the pump and could switch the other one off...but then i couldnt be bothered lol
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i have it all connected in the van.... i simply use a backpack pump and battery... bracketed up in the van.... and i have a 250 litre tank....
i simply transferred my backpack and turned it into a van mount lol.
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when I have my setup, with backpack will i be able to fill the backpack up from the tank with the varistrean on full using the hose? Luke
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YES that`s what i do.
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when I have my setup, with backpack will i be able to fill the backpack up from the tank with the varistrean on full using the hose? Luke
That's what I do. With 2 flowjets turned up full through 2 x 100m regular hose and it take exactly 2 mins to fill up 1 backpack.
Simon.
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Cant you simply disconnect the hose from the hosepipe/ reel in the van and drop it into the backpack.... fills up in a couple of minutes... i have a hoselock in line tap and the end of it .. so it can do both.
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[i do want a leisure battery for the pump but the backpack one seems fine..
can i use a strong battery for this pump? which one and what charger would i need.
a million questions again. sorry :D
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we fit a 3/4" outlet from the tank for this, gravity will fill a backpack in a few seconds with this method, the sureflo / flojet pumps are far to slow for this use.
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justin, please explain what I need to buy and do to fill a backpack up in a few seconds!!! sounds great, Luke
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Luke filling from the vanmount means your water is 000 as long as it`s gone through resin,straight from the tank with a sub pump means that you`ll be filling it with RO water not certain to be 000.If i use the backpack it`s only normally no more than 30ltrs in a day,if i fill it through minibore in the van a quick drink and it`s full.If you don`t want to waste time top it up when you have your breaks.
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Just get yourself a decent bilge pump, it takes me less than 20 seconds to fill my backpack! ;D
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what batteries do you all use mainly and what charger as i know little about this
cheers.
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We use the outlet as Justin ( Cleantech) describes. No problems with it and as I believe, the fewer working parts involved, the better it is!
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what batteries do you all use mainly and what charger as i know little about this
cheers.
I use a 85a/h leisure battery, I got it from a local caravan shop £30 ish.
Got this intelligent charger from Machine Mart http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/ac70-12v-battery-charger
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thanks john. ;)