Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: jmb on August 05, 2007, 11:40:32 am
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wonder if anyone would be so good as to have an answer for this problem,
bought a 100 m of 6mm microbore and connected it up to use then had no
water coming out from the pole and yet when i put my normal 12mm hose back
on it was fine.
does this mean i need a more powerful pump to use the microbore?
any suggestions would be appreciated , thx jon
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I use 100m of microbore and have never had any problems.
Remember that if it's new hose it will take a while to pump all the water the 100m's and fill it.
I know this may sound silly but check that there is no kinks in the hose and also that your battery is fully charged.
What kind/size of pump are you using?
I use a shurflo 100psi.
Hope that helps?
Matthew
Clear Vision
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thx mathew for the reply,
i'm using a 60 psi pump which has ran two hoses before and have never had a
problem, i will though check that the hose isnt kinked, didnt think of that 1 :)
did wonder about the battery but when i connected the old hose and it ran fine
thought it coundt off been that 1, thx again though for the response, jon
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Any varistream on your set up?
Is the pump actually running at all or did it shut straight off?
I'm thinking along the lines that the 6mm will have a higher resistance than the 12mm so the varistream/pressure switch just needs adjusting to compensate
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Any varistream on your set up?
Is the pump actually running at all or did it shut straight off?
I'm thinking along the lines that the 6mm will have a higher resistance than the 12mm so the varistream/pressure switch just needs adjusting to compensate
Good idea. Never thought of that one :-[
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nope i dont have a varistream and the pump was struggling to run tbh
it was kinda of intermitent when the micro was connected and fine when
the normal hose was reconnected.
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A 60psi pump should run 100m of microbore perfectly well with no need of any flow control.
Have you tried connecting the reel of microbore up to a mains tap to check that it is not faulty somewhere? Just once in blue moon you can come across a fault in manufacturing with any type of hose, you could have a physical blockage.
What make of pump is it? On most pumps you can adjust the pressure setting with a simple screw, this will allow you to fine tune the pump to the hose.
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hi alex its a sureflo pump, but will hook up to my mains tap later
and check that out, thx for the suggestions all btw very good of you all :)
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Just try adjusting the allen screw that's recessed into the black plastic top part of the inlet/outlet assembly till it works to your requirements
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unravel your hose and try again getting rid of the air.... it should pump through.... then rewind leaving the hose full of water... i think it should be ok then.... it happened to me.