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Title: Difference between Pencil and Fan jets?
Post by: [GQC] Tim on December 18, 2007, 12:28:42 am
I have absolutely no clue sorry. :)
Title: Re: Difference between Pencil and Fan jets?
Post by: Ian_Giles on December 18, 2007, 06:27:01 am
A pencil or needle jet is just that, the water comes out like a pencil or a needle!
A single stream of water.
The fan jets give you water in a 'fan' shape, so better in respect that the 'fan' of water will cover will cover the entire width of the brush, but you also need a higher flow of water to achieve a decent 'fan' effect.

With a needle/pencil jet you can operate with a lower flowrate and can better control where you aim the jet of water.

Ian
Title: Re: Difference between Pencil and Fan jets?
Post by: M & C Window Cleaning on December 18, 2007, 07:26:21 am
On residential work, if you have many windows with built in vents you will probably want to avoid fan jets as they tend to spray up them and release the dirt over the windows after you leave.
Title: Re: Difference between Pencil and Fan jets?
Post by: [GQC] Tim on December 18, 2007, 09:17:18 am
On residential work, if you have many windows with built in vents you will probably want to avoid fan jets as they tend to spray up them and release the dirt over the windows after you leave.

Ah yea I do, okay thanks for the answers, I need Pencil jets, which I already have from Gardiners poles. Just wondering why somebody might use a fan
jet, now I understand.

Thanks. :)
Title: Re: Difference between Pencil and Fan jets?
Post by: Jon-scwindows on December 18, 2007, 10:38:21 am
after using both, i have found i like fan jets but only when the varistream is turnt up to higher pressure so it sprays out in a strong mist, otherwise it just piddles out and takes longer, with pencil jets - i didnt like the idea at first but they work really well, my 45ft alluminium pole has them, and it really works well for rinsing down at height you can see where the water is going, and it spreads all over the window on contact so i prefer pencil jets now, unless you use high pressure fan jet nozzles, so they use less water and sprays out finer.
Title: Re: Difference between Pencil and Fan jets?
Post by: [GQC] Tim on December 18, 2007, 03:39:04 pm
Okay, Pencil jet it is. :)
Title: Re: Difference between Pencil and Fan jets?
Post by: Clear Vision on December 18, 2007, 03:43:11 pm
On residential work, if you have many windows with built in vents you will probably want to avoid fan jets as they tend to spray up them and release the dirt over the windows after you leave.

You wouldn't need to worry about that if you were doing a propper job of cleaning the window (inc frames ;D ;D)
Title: Re: Difference between Pencil and Fan jets?
Post by: windowwashers on December 18, 2007, 07:28:37 pm
On residential work, if you have many windows with built in vents you will probably want to avoid fan jets as they tend to spray up them and release the dirt over the windows after you leave.

You wouldn't need to worry about that if you were doing a propper job of cleaning the window (inc frames ;D ;D)
do you clean the vents then ???
Title: Re: Difference between Pencil and Fan jets?
Post by: L.J.Thorpe on December 18, 2007, 07:39:54 pm
yeah you lost me there too how do you do it "properly" then iam confused  ??? ??? ::) ::) ::)
Title: Re: Difference between Pencil and Fan jets?
Post by: L.J.Thorpe on December 18, 2007, 09:52:15 pm
On residential work, if you have many windows with built in vents you will probably want to avoid fan jets as they tend to spray up them and release the dirt over the windows after you leave.

You wouldn't need to worry about that if you were doing a propper job of cleaning the window (inc frames ;D ;D)
please feel free to explain what you mean i would love to know how to clean vents without them peeing muck out all over