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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: zeusjazmin on November 25, 2007, 03:19:49 pm

Title: backpack help please
Post by: zeusjazmin on November 25, 2007, 03:19:49 pm: i was wondering if anyone has come across this problem before?
working away today and my battery started cutting out,took battery out of my backpack and checked it was connected ok,it was,every time i tried to start it it wouldnt pump any water and was making a kind of higher pitched noise,any advice would be appreciated
Title: Re: backpack help please
Post by: Captain Scarlet on November 25, 2007, 03:23:04 pm: I've heard that sometimes you need to push a little thumb pump on the backpack sometimes, this might be the problem, Luke
Title: Re: backpack help please
Post by: davids3511 on November 25, 2007, 03:58:50 pm: Sounds like an airlock. Disconnect your pole hose from it and wait until it starts pumping again before reconnecting.

Are you using a filter when pouring the water in. It could be debris in the tank.
Title: Re: backpack help please
Post by: Captain Scarlet on November 25, 2007, 04:19:17 pm: But I heard that there is a thumb pump for air locks somewhere on the unit, like a primer, Luke
Title: Re: backpack help please
Post by: LWC on November 25, 2007, 04:50:33 pm: yeh airlock by sounds o it

do what david says..dont listen to luke he doesnt know what hes talking about lol(joke)
Title: Re: backpack help please
Post by: Captain Scarlet on November 25, 2007, 04:52:01 pm: Quote
dont listen to luke he doesnt know what hes talking about

yeah dont listen to me, I dont even own one!!! Luke
Title: Re: backpack help please
Post by: jouk45 on November 25, 2007, 04:54:55 pm: there is one on the lid, when the pump is running it draws all the air out of the tank,
you need to press the black button regular, found this out myself, as it metions nothing about in in the instuction manuel, if you look at the lid you see the black button in the middle.
(http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t42/joeuk_bucket/backpackwiring006Small.jpg)
Title: Re: backpack help please
Post by: marc on November 25, 2007, 05:52:52 pm: i find the chaep back pack from wcw much better than the sureflo but thats just my opinion marc
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Post by: Jeff Brimble on November 25, 2007, 05:56:18 pm: I put a 1/32nd pin hole in the top of my pac, works ok only the odd drop of water escapes
Title: Re: backpack help please
Post by: jouk45 on November 25, 2007, 08:04:17 pm: a
Quote from: marc on November 25, 2007, 05:52:52 pm
i find the chaep back pack from wcw much better than the sureflo but thats just my opinion marc
e they battery operated,
Title: Re: backpack help please
Post by: zeusjazmin on November 25, 2007, 08:30:06 pm: went out and checked it just now,its working ok,must have been an airlock :-[,thanks for all the help,very much appreciated
Title: Re: backpack help please
Post by: jouk45 on November 25, 2007, 10:26:12 pm: press the black button every time you finish a house, this will help stop the air lock,
Title: Re: backpack help please
Post by: Captain Scarlet on November 25, 2007, 10:32:16 pm: so i was right!!!!! :) makes a change!Luke
Title: Re: backpack help please
Post by: davids3511 on November 26, 2007, 01:07:10 am: Disconnecting the pole hose always works for me.
Title: Re: backpack help please
Post by: LWC on November 26, 2007, 07:04:56 am: Quote from: davids3511 on November 26, 2007, 01:07:10 am
Disconnecting the pole hose always works for me.

yep me too, ive not really tried the black button, but i think it just easy to disconnect the pole hos, especially when the backpacks on your back lol
Title: Re: backpack help please
Post by: davids3511 on December 01, 2007, 11:47:55 pm: Tried the black button over the last few days - doesn't always work. Sometime you have to disconnect the pole hose to get it running again.